ANCIENT SOURCES
 

 

LITERARY SOURCES
 

 

 

Author

Pausanias

Work

Perieghese,VII

Notes

All he saw in Patras and Achaia in the 2nd c.A.D.

 

 

Author

Polybius

Work

History II

Notes

He describes with details the military operations and the external policy of the Achaian league but hardly gives any information about its internal organization.

 

 

Author

Cicero

Work

Ad Atticus, VII, 2-3

Notes

source about Patras during the 1st c. B.C.

 

 

Author

Cicero

Work

Ad Familiares,XIII, 17.1,19.1-3, 20, 24.1-3, XVI, 1.2, 4, 5.2, 9, 11.1

Notes

 Economical thriving of Patras

 

 

Author

Dion Casius

 

Work

Roman History, XLII,13.2-3, 14, 15  L,9.1-4, 13.1-5

Notes

Importance of Patras during the civil wars of the 1st c.B.C.

 

 

Author

Appianus

Work

I, 79.5

Notes

Importance of Patras during the 1st c.B.C.

 

 

Author

Plutarch

Work

Pompey,28.6-7, Antonius 60.2-6

Notes

Historical information about Achaian League

 

 

Author

Athinaios

Work

I 27d,31f II39d IV158d VII301d VIII331d IX395 X414e XI460d, 499b, 509b XIII606c

Notes

Traditions and Myths about Achaia

 

 

 

EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES
 

 

 

Type of object

Inscriptions in honour of the Emperor Hadrian

Type of information

He embelished the city with buildings

Place of preservation

 

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Type of object

coins

Type of information

CAAP ; Colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis

Place of preservation

 

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ICONOGRAPHIC SOURCES
 

 

 

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