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Aegium
Origins
Aegium lay on the southern shore of the Gulf of Corinth, one of the twelve Achaean cities of the northern Peloponnese. It grew in the early Iron Age on a terrace above a harbour; myth said Agamemnon gathered the Greek chiefs there before Troy.
Rule and society
The sanctuary of Zeus Homarios near Aegium was the religious centre of the Achaeans. After the Achaean League was refounded in 280 BCE, Aegium expelled its Macedonian garrison in 275 BCE and joined; the league's regular assemblies met there. The town lived from farming and the coastal trade of the gulf.
Decline and legacy
Philopoemen moved the meetings in rotation among member cities in the 180s BCE, reducing Aegium's role. It passed under Roman control in 146 BCE and continues as the modern town of Aigio.
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- Aegium was part of Achaean League275 BCE – 146 BCE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Aegium. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/aegium
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