Achaean League: Rise and Annexation by Rome (280–146 BCE)

1. Achaean War breaks out between Rome and the League

   Jan 1, 146Labels: Achaean League, Rome, Achaean War

   • Achaean War

2. Roman victory and sack of Corinth ends the League

   Jan 1, 146Labels: Corinth, Rome, Achaean League

   • Corinth 146
   • Achaean War

3. Achaean League punished with mass hostages to Rome

   Jan 1, 167Labels: Hostages, Polybius, Rome

   • Achaean League

4. Sparta is forced into the Achaean League

   Jan 1, 192Labels: Sparta, Philopoemen, Achaean League

   • Philopoemen
   • Achaean League

5. War against Nabis returns Argos to the League

   Jan 1, 195Labels: Nabis, Argos, Laconian War

   • Nabis War

6. Flamininus proclaims “Freedom of the Greeks”

   Jan 1, 196Labels: Flamininus, Isthmian Games, Greek freedom

   • Second War
   • Cynoscephalae

7. Rome defeats Macedon at Cynoscephalae

   Jan 1, 197Labels: Cynoscephalae, Philip V, Rome

   • Britannica

8. Achaean League aligns with Rome in Second Macedonian War

   Jan 1, 198Labels: Achaean League, Rome, Philip V

   • Second War
   • Cynoscephalae

9. Social War erupts against the Aetolian League

   Jan 1, 220Labels: Social War, Aetolian League, Achaean League

   • Social War

10. Battle of Sellasia defeats Sparta decisively

    Jan 1, 222Labels: Sellasia, Antigonus III, Sparta

    • Sellasia
    • Cleomenean War

11. Cleomenean War begins with Sparta and the League

    Jan 1, 229Labels: Cleomenean War, Cleomenes III, Achaean League

    • Cleomenean War

12. Aratus captures Acrocorinth for the League

    Jan 1, 243Labels: Aratus, Acrocorinth, Achaean League

    • Aratus

13. Sicyon joins under Aratus’s leadership

    Jan 1, 251Labels: Sicyon, Aratus, Achaean League

    • Achaean League
    • Aratus

14. Achaean League revived by four Achaean cities

    Jan 1, 280Labels: Achaean League, Dyme, Patrae

    • Achaean League