The Doric Greek dialect spoken in Achaea in the NW Peloponnese, on the islands of Cephallenia and Zacynthus in the Ionian Sea and in the Achaean colonies of Magna Graecia in Southern Italy (including Sybaris and Crotone).
Having defeated the Romans, Andriscus invaded Thessaly in 148 BC, where he suffered a setback in battle against the Achaean League, commanded by Scipio Nasica.
Constantine enjoyed initial success, capturing much of Laconia and advancing north, aiming to take the Achaean capital, Andravida.
The Battle of Prinitza was fought in 1263 between the forces of the Byzantine Empire, marching to capture Andravida, the capital of the Latin Principality of Achaea, and a small Achaean force.
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Abandoning the fruitless siege of Sparta, he marched his army up the rivers Eurotas and Alfeios towards the Achaean capital, Andravida.
Their presence was contested by a united Peloponnesian Achaean army (except for Arcadia) under Tisamenus, an Atreid.
Kroton may refer to Crotone, an Achaean colony from c.