Achaïa (region)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/15710

A place

Names

  • Greek: Ἀχαΐα, Ἀχαΐας, Ἀχαΐαν = Akhaïa, Akhaïas, Akhaïan 1
  • Syriac: ܐܟܝܐܐ = ʾKYʾʾ 2

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 2 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Achaïa: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 4.49, 56; 5.28-30; 6.48; 7.26, 28; 8.36, 38; 9.13, 21, 23, 39, 49, 52, 54; 10.52, 56 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 94 [Syriac].
    • Achaïe: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 146, 294 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Achaïa” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/15710.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; categorization, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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