Roman province of Achaea

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The Roman province of Achaea was an administrative region of the Roman Empire encompassing much of southern Greece, including key cities such as Corinth and Athens, and serving as an important center of Hellenic culture under Roman rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Roman province of Achaea canonical 2
Roman province of Achaia 2

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
historical region
abolishedInCentury 7th century AD
administrativeType senatorial province
borderedBy Roman province of Epirus
Roman province of Macedonia
capital Corinth
commonLanguage Greek
contains Aetolia
Argos
Athens
Boeotia
Corinth
Euboea
Megara
Patras
Peloponnese
Phocis
Sparta
currency Roman denarius
economy agriculture
craft production
trade
establishedAfter Roman conquest of Greece
linked to: Macedonian Wars
establishedBy Augustus
Roman Republic
establishedInCentury 2nd century BC
governedBy proconsul
importantSanctuary Delphi
Eleusis
Sanctuary of Olympia
incorporatedRegion Achaea (Greek region)
linked to: Achaea

Attica
Peloponnesus
linked to: Peloponnese
knownFor Hellenic culture
art and architecture
important sanctuaries
philosophical schools
laterReligion Christianity
locatedIn southern Greece
linked to: Southern Greece
officialLanguage Latin
partOf Roman Empire
religion Greco-Roman paganism
reorganizedInCentury 1st century BC
significantCity Athens
Corinth
succeededBy Byzantine theme of Hellas
underEmperor Augustus
Hadrian
Nero
Trajan

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Achaea wasPartOf Roman province of Achaea
Kingdom of Elis laterPartOf Roman province of Achaea
subject linked to: kingdom of Elis
Roman province of Macedonia borders Roman province of Achaia
linked to: Roman province of Achaea
Triphylia laterIncorporatedInto Roman province of Achaia
linked to: Roman province of Achaea