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 Achaean league but hardly gives any information about its internal organization.

 

 

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

An honorary Latin inscription dated in 74 B.C.

Type of information

 Italicei quei Aegei negotiantur P.Rutilium P.f. Nudum q(uaestorem)

In the beginning of the 1st c. B.C. There were in Aigion romans as traders, businessmen.

Place of preservation

 

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Type of object

Dedicative inscriptions

Type of information

 

Place of preservation

Museum of Patras and Aigion

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Type of object

Coins of imperial roman years

Type of information

ΑΙΓΙΕΩΝ (it means ‘of the Aigeans' in Greek)

Place of preservation

 

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ICONOGRAPHIC SOURCES
 

 

 

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