Editing Achaea (section)

===Classical Antiquity===
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[[File:Ancient peloponnese.svg|thumb|Map of ancient Peloponnese.]]

The [[Achaean League]] was a Hellenistic-era confederation of city states in Achaea, founded in 280/281 BC. It later grew until it included most of [[Peloponnese]], much reducing the [[Kingdom of Macedon|Macedonian]] rule in the area.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

After Macedon's defeat by the Romans in the early 2nd century BC, the League was able finally to defeat a heavily weakened [[Sparta]] and take control of the entire Peloponnese. However, as the [[ancient Rome|Roman]] influence in the area grew, the league erupted into an open revolt against Roman domination, in what is known as [[Achaean War]]. The [[Achaeans (tribe)|Achaeans]] were defeated at the [[Battle of Corinth (146 BC)|Battle of Corinth]] (146 BC), and the League was dissolved by the Romans.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In AD 51/52, [[Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus]] was proconsul of Achaea,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holloway |first=Paul |date=October 26, 2021 |title=Religious 'Slogans' in 1 Corinthians: Wit, Wisdom, and the Quest for Status in a Roman Colony |url=https://academic.oup.com/jts/article-abstract/72/1/125/6410791?login=false |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=academic.oup.com}}</ref> and is portrayed (under the name "Gallio") in the book of the [[Acts of the Apostles]], in the Bible, as presiding over the [[Claudius' expulsion of Jews from Rome#Acts of the Apostles|trial of the Apostle Paul]] in [[Ancient Corinth#Biblical Corinth|Corinth]] ({{bibleverse|Acts|18:12-17}}).