aetolian league



aetolian league defined in 1939 year

aetolian league - Aetolian League;
aetolian league - Federation of Greek cities after the death of Alexander the Great. Originally based on Aetolia, the conquest of Boeotia in 245 B.C. gave it control over the whole of central Greece. Threatened by the Macedonians and the Achaean League, the Aetolians allied themselves with the Roman invaders, only to be disappointed in their hopes, for war with Rome followed, and from 189 b.c. the Aetolian League was little more than a name. See Achaean League; Greece.

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