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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Ancient Argolis, Mycenaean archaeological sites in Argolis, People from Argolis, Populated places in the Argolis Prefecture, Argos, Inachus, Achaean League, Tiryns, Pyramid of Hellinikon, Lerna, Nemean Games, Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus, Leo Sgouros, Battle of Nemea, Arkadiko Bridge, Ermioni, Alea, Greece, Kanathos, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, House of the Tiles, Kranidi, Kostas Kappos, Moreas Motorway, Tolo, Greece, Nea Kios, List of settlements in the Argolis prefecture, Emmanouil Zymvrakakis, Myloi, Argolis, Porto Cheli, Merbaka, Akova, Dendra, Oligyrtos, Midea, Argolis and Corinthia Prefecture, Achladokampos, Mykines, Greece, Spyridon Merkouris, Telesarchus, Lasus of Hermione, Midea, Greece, Asklipieio, Asini, Koutsopodi, Nea Tiryntha, Lyrkeia, Communities of Argos, Polemocrates, Sterna, Argolis, Dimena, Prosimna. Excerpt: The Achaean League (Greek: ) was a Hellenistic era confederation of Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese, named after the region of Achaea. The regional Achaean League was reformed in 281/0 BC (on the basis of a looser alliance of the founding city-states extending back to the 5th century BC), and soon expanded beyond its Achaean heartland. It was first joined by the city of Sicyon in 251, which provided it with its first great leader, Aratus of Sicyon. The League soon grew to control much of the Peloponnesus, considerably weakening the Macedonian hold on the area. It acquired Corinth in 243 BC, Megalopolis in 235 BC and Argos in 229 BC. The increased size of the league meant a bigger citizen army and more wealth, which was used to hire mercenaries. However the league soon ran into difficulties with the revived Sparta of Cleomenes III. Aratus was forced to call in the aid of the Macedonian King, Antigonus Doson, to defeat Cleomenes in Sellasia. Antigonus re-estab...
