ANCIENT SOURCES
 

 

LITERARY SOURCES
 

 

 

Author

Pausanias

Work

Perieghese,VII

Notes

All he saw in 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

Strabo

Work

8, 337

Notes

Dymi was created by the union of 8 villages

 

 

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

coins

Type of information

The name of the colony C[olonia] I[ulia] A[ugusta] DVM[aeorum]

Place of preservation

 

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Type of object

Honorary inscriptions in Latin and Greek

Type of information

 

Place of preservation

 

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ICONOGRAPHIC SOURCES
 

 

 

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