Achaea (disambiguation)

Achaea is a subdivision of Greece.

Achaea or Achaia may also refer to:

History

  • Achaeans (Homer), a collective name for the Greeks of the Mycenaean period used by Homer
  • Achaeans (tribe), one of the four major tribes of Classical Greece
  • Achaea (ancient region), an ancient Greek region in the north of the Peloponnese
  • Achaea Phthiotis, an ancient Greek region in southeastern Thessaly
  • Achaean League, a league of North Peloponnesian cities during the Hellenistic period
  • Achaean War, in 146 BC
  • Achaea (Roman province), comprising Peloponnese and central Greece
  • Principality of Achaea, a medieval crusader state in the Peloponesse
  • Achaea (constituency), a constituency of the Greek Parliament

Other uses

  • Achaea, or Demeter Achaea, an epithet of the goddess Demeter
  • Achaea, or Minerva Achaea, an epithet of the goddess Minerva
  • Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands, a multi-player online computer game
  • Achaea (moth), a genus of noctuid moths
  • 1150 Achaia, asteroid
  • Achaia Channel, a Greek local TV station
  • Achaia Clauss, a Greek winery
  • Achaja, a Polish fantasy series of novels (published 2002-2004)

See also

  • Achaeans (disambiguation)
  • Archaea
  • West Achaea, a municipality in Achaea
  • Kato Achaia (lit. Lower Achaea) and Ano Achaia (lit. Upper Achaea), towns in Achaea
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