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The Achaeans is one of the names in Homer which is used to refer to the Greeks collectively.
Achaea or Achaia, sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras which is the third largest city in Greece.
The Principality of Achaea or Principality of Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, along with the Duchy of Athens, until Thessalonica was captured by Theodore, the despot of Epirus, in 1224. After this, Achaea became for a while the dominant power in Greece.
Achaea is a subdivision of Greece.
Isabella of Villehardouin was reigning Princess of Achaea from 1289 to 1307. She was the elder daughter of Prince William II of Achaea and of his third wife, Anna Komnene Doukaina, the second daughter of Michael II Komnenos Doukas, the despot of Epiros.
Thyella ("Storm")(Greek: Α.Π.Σ. Θύελλα A.P.S. Thyella) is an athletic club in Patras in the Achaia prefecture.
Selianitika is a coastal village in northern Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Sympoliteia. It is located 6 km northwest of Aigio and 26 km east of Patras, at about 30m above sea level. The villages Selianitika and Longos share a fine gravel beach on the Gulf of Corinth which is approximately 1.5 km long. Both villages are among the most popular summer destinations of Achaea.
Skioessa is a neighbourhood and a settlement in the northeastern part of the city of Patras. Skioessa had a population of 526 for the settlement. Skioessa is located 5 km from downtown Patras, about 5 km southeast of Rio, about 37 km west of Aigio and 2 km east of the GR-8/E55 (Athens - Corinth - Patras and Aretha Street. The previous name of this suburb, Voudeni, is still in use.
I Imera was a newspaper that is based in Patras in the Achaea regional unit in Greece. Its editor-in-chief was Theodoros Kamperos.
Kosmos is a weekly newspaper that was founded in 2007 from Kosmos E.P.E. and is based in Patras in the Achaea prefecture in Greece. It holds an unselected and battlelike presence with the important talks which concerns its local information, and opened as one of the narrow regional newspapers. It features news of the week along with the scandalous news and other information. It is published every Friday. Parallel from the year 2002, it also published the newspaper Proini Gnomi with a different chronicle, who won the press in the press' event with information today. Its daily circulation does not pass over 7,000 newspapers and its numbers of readers does not increase.
Proti tis Aigialeias is the most famous weekly newspaper that is based in Aigio in the Achaea prefecture in Greece and it serves the Aigaleia area. It was founded in 1994 as a weekly paper and it became daily in 1999. In the Saturday edition, it has a passo section with local stuff with several characteristics.
Panegialios (Greek: Παναιγιάλειος Γ.Σ. is a football club based in Aigio, Greece. Panegialios has a long tradition in Greek football championships and has several appearances in the Greek Super League, 2nd Division and 3rd Division. Additionally the team has reached twice the semi-finals of the Greek Cup competition. Panegialios is one of the most successful and popular teams in Achaea and Peloponnese.
Styx is a weekly newspaper that features local and general information. It is based in Akrata in the eastern part of Achaea, Greece. It was first published in 2004. It is the Independent Cultural and Political Newspaper of the Northern Peloponnese. Its editor-in-chief is Vasileios Antoniou.
Symvoulos Epicheiriseon is a newspaper that features mainly economic news from the Patras area. It is based in Patras in Achaea, southwestern Greece. It was first published in 1987 and was a monthly newspaper until 1994, it became biweekly during that time. Since 2000, it appears weekly.
Athanasios Kanakaris-Roufos was a Greek politician from Achaea. He was mayor of the city of Patras from 1879 to 1883.
Ioannis Roufos was a Greek politician.
Nikolaos Kontopoulos was a Greek writer.
Georgios Krestenitis was a Greek politician from Elis. He descended from the famous Krestenitis family which had many politicians. He was elected for the first time as a representative for Elis in the Greek parliament in 1879 and again in 1885, 1895, 1902 and 1905. He was elected as a representative for Achaea and Elis in 1912. He was the brother of Ioannis Krestenitis.
Achaea or Achaia was the northernmost region of the Peloponnese, occupying the coastal strip north of Arcadia. Its approximate boundaries were to the south the mountain range of Erymanthus, to the south-east the range of Cyllene, to the east Sicyon, and to the west the Larissos river. Apart from the plain around Dyme, to the west, Achaea was generally a mountainous region.
Achaeans are the inhabitants of Achaea in Greece. However, the meaning of Achaea changed during the course of Ancient history, and thus Achaeans may refer to:
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