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The Achaean League was in the Peloponnese and the Aetolian League in central Greece.

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The city-states of the Achaean and Aetolian Leagues in Greece were the exception, fiercely maintaining their independence against the Antigonid rulers of Macedon.

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The districts of the Aetolian, and the towns of the Ach�an, League were in effect neighbours.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 9: The Expansion of England by Morley, John

On his accession he had to face a coalition which the two great leagues, usually rivals, the Aetolian and Achaean, formed against the Macedonian power.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

Similarly the Achaeans could not check the incursions of Aetolian adventurers in 220-218, and when Philip V. came to the rescue he made them tributary and annexed much of the Peloponnese.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg