Between City-states and Commonwealths: the Political History of Ancient Arcadia
by Qi Hong
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The political development of Arcadia was full of twists and turns, from the Archaic era to the Hellenistic era, it experienced division, unification, and then division again. In this process, regional powerful states and changes in their relationships played a key role. The confrontation between powerful states led to regional divisions, while the alliance of powerful states led to the establishment of a unified country. At the beginning of the 4th century BC, the Arcadian League was the only unified country in the history of the region. It had an important impact on the situation in the Peloponnese Peninsula and Greece, but it quickly collapsed after only a few years. In the 3rd century BC, the Arcadian states joined the Achaean League and continued to exert political influence until they were incorporated into Rome in the 2nd century BC.
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