A league or federation was a political construction which was very common amongst the Greek city-states in Hellenistic times.
In mainland Greece, the construction was often a federal state consisting of several individual poleis (city-states) with shared political institutions and citizenship. Examples of this are the Achaean League and the Aetolian League.
In Asia Minor, the term was also used for the political merger of two or more neighboring poleis, which could eventually, but not necessarily, lead to the disappearance of one of the participating poleis.
A League typically shared functions such as defense, diplomacy, economics, and religious practices among its member states.
In mainland Greece, the construction was often a federal state consisting of several individual poleis (city-states) with shared political institutions and citizenship. Examples of this are the Achaean League and the Aetolian League.
In Asia Minor, the term was also used for the political merger of two or more neighboring poleis, which could eventually, but not necessarily, lead to the disappearance of one of the participating poleis.
A League typically shared functions such as defense, diplomacy, economics, and religious practices among its member states.
The Achaean League was a Hellenistic-era confederation of Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese. The league was named after the region of Achaea in the northwestern Peloponnese, which formed its original core.
The first league was formed in the fifth century BC. The second Achaean League was established in 280 BC. As a rival of Antigonid Macedon and an ally of Rome, ...
The first league was formed in the fifth century BC. The second Achaean League was established in 280 BC. As a rival of Antigonid Macedon and an ally of Rome, ...
The Boeotian League comprised eleven groups of sovereign cities and associated townships, each of which elected one Boeotarch and sixty delegates to the federal council at Thebes, and supplied a contingent of about 1000 infantry and 100 cavalry to the federal army.
All important questions of policy had to be submitted to the individual cities for ratification. Only citizens of property ...
All important questions of policy had to be submitted to the individual cities for ratification. Only citizens of property ...
The Bretti or Brutti were an Italian tribe of Lucanian descent.
During the 2nd Punic War they allied themselves with Hannibal, and produced some interesting coinage. Following the defeat of Hannibal they were deprived of a great part of their territory, and the whole nation was reduced to a state bordering on servitude.
They were not admitted like the other nations of Ital...
During the 2nd Punic War they allied themselves with Hannibal, and produced some interesting coinage. Following the defeat of Hannibal they were deprived of a great part of their territory, and the whole nation was reduced to a state bordering on servitude.
They were not admitted like the other nations of Ital...
The Epirote League was an ancient Greek coalition, or koinon, of Epirote tribes. The coalition was established between 370 and 320 BC, which helped unify the three main tribes of Epirus. The political, economic, and cultural center of the Epirote League was the oracle of Dodona.
In 297 BC, Pyrrhus of Epirus became leader of the League. He would go on to his famous struggle against the ...
In 297 BC, Pyrrhus of Epirus became leader of the League. He would go on to his famous struggle against the ...
The Thessalian League was a loose confederacy of feudal-like city-states and tribes in the Thessalian plain in Northern Greece. The seat of the Thessalian diet was Larissa.
At the end of Second Macedonian War in 196, Rome established Thessaly as a koinon, Federal League, and cultivated its development to make it part of hegemonic powers of central and northern Greece. Under Roman contro...
At the end of Second Macedonian War in 196, Rome established Thessaly as a koinon, Federal League, and cultivated its development to make it part of hegemonic powers of central and northern Greece. Under Roman contro...
The Phokian Confederation was a military alliance between ~22 small city states in the mountainous region of Phocis.
Due to the strategic location of Phokis - it controls the passage from Boeotia to Lokris and Thermopylai - the confederation was repeatedly under pressure from Boeotia, Thessaly and the Delphic Amphiktyony.
In 346 BC the Confederation was defeated in the so-cal...
Due to the strategic location of Phokis - it controls the passage from Boeotia to Lokris and Thermopylai - the confederation was repeatedly under pressure from Boeotia, Thessaly and the Delphic Amphiktyony.
In 346 BC the Confederation was defeated in the so-cal...