Roman province of Achaea

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The Roman province of Achaea was an administrative region of the Roman Empire encompassing much of southern Greece, including key cities such as Corinth and Athens, and serving as an important center of Hellenic culture under Roman rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province
historical region
abolishedInCentury 7th century AD
administrativeType senatorial province
borderedBy Roman province of Epirus NERFINISHED
Roman province of Macedonia NERFINISHED
capital Corinth NERFINISHED
commonLanguage Greek
contains Aetolia NERFINISHED
Argos NERFINISHED
Athens NERFINISHED
Boeotia NERFINISHED
Corinth NERFINISHED
Euboea NERFINISHED
Megara NERFINISHED
Patras NERFINISHED
Peloponnese NERFINISHED
Phocis NERFINISHED
Sparta NERFINISHED
currency Roman denarius
economy agriculture
craft production
trade
establishedAfter Roman conquest of Greece NERFINISHED
establishedBy Augustus NERFINISHED
Roman Republic NERFINISHED
establishedInCentury 2nd century BC
governedBy proconsul
importantSanctuary Delphi NERFINISHED
Eleusis NERFINISHED
Sanctuary of Olympia NERFINISHED
incorporatedRegion Achaea (Greek region) NERFINISHED
Attica NERFINISHED
Peloponnesus NERFINISHED
knownFor Hellenic culture
art and architecture
important sanctuaries
philosophical schools
laterReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
locatedIn southern Greece NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Latin
partOf Roman Empire
religion Greco-Roman paganism
reorganizedInCentury 1st century BC
significantCity Athens NERFINISHED
Corinth NERFINISHED
succeededBy Byzantine theme of Hellas NERFINISHED
underEmperor Augustus NERFINISHED
Hadrian NERFINISHED
Nero NERFINISHED
Trajan NERFINISHED

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Achaea wasPartOf Roman province of Achaea