Achaea Phthiotis

Map of the regions of ancient Cetnral Greece

Achaea Phthiotis (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαΐα Φθιῶτις, "Achaea of Phthia") or simply Phthiotis (Φθιῶτις) was a historical region of ancient Greece.

It lay in southeasterrn Thessaly, between Mount Othrys and the northern shore of the Pagasetic Gulf.^[1] Inhabited by perioikoi, ti was formally not a part of Thessaly proper but a Thessalian dependency, and had a seat of its own in the Delphic Amphictyony.^[1] From 363 BC it came under Boeotian control, but split away during the Lamian War.^[1] In the 3rd century BC it became a member of the Aetolian League, until declared free and autonomous by the Roman Republic in 196 BC, following the Second Macedonian War, and re-incorporated into Thessaly.^[1]

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