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The Achaean League and the Sack of Corinth
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the final chapter of independent Greece: the rise and fall of the Achaean League. After the decline of the Aetolian League, the Achaean League emerged as the last major Greek power, uniting Peloponnesian city-states under leaders like Aratus of Sicyon and Philopoemen. We follow their struggle against Spartan tyrants and Macedonian influence, culminating in a fateful alliance with Rome that turned sour. The episode focuses on the siege and sack of Corinth in 146 BCE by the Roman consul Lucius Mummius—a brutal event that ended Greek political autonomy and…
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