Achaean League
In ancient Greece, the Achaean League was a military alliance and confederation of cities, whose inhabitants were Achaeans, one of the four Hellenic tribes. Located in northern Peloponnese, this defensive league had been dissolved when they were conquered by the Macedonian, under Philip of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. However, in 280 BC, during the fall of the Macedonian Empire, it would be reactivated, extending its membership to Sicyon, which was not Achaean.
Under the command and leadership of Aratus of Sicyon, the league grew in strength, expelling the Macedonians in 228 BC from the Peloponnese as it became the main hegemonic power in southern Greece. However, four years later, the re-emergence of Sparta would force the Achaean League into alliance with Macedonia in 224 BC. In 146 BC, a Roman Legion, under Quintus Caecilius Macedonicus, marched on the Peloponnese and defeated the Achaean Army. After that, Corinth would be razed to the ground as those cities that had fought against the Roman Republic were politically annexed to Rome.
Government
The Achaean League was ruled by a federal assembly, a council, and several magistrates who managed and took care of daily business. The executive power was held by a chief league official, an annually elected General. Nevertheless, member cities did not give up local autonomy.
