Achaia

uh-KAY-uh · Modern Southern Greece (Peloponnese)

Achaia is a province of the biblical world, known today as Southern Greece (Peloponnese).

What is known

Where Paul spent an extended ministry, primarily in Corinth (Acts 18:1-18)
Praised alongside Macedonia for its churches' generosity toward the Jerusalem believers (Romans 15:26)

History

Founded: A Roman senatorial province covering southern Greece, capital Corinth
Population: Estimated 800,000–1.2 million residents in the Roman province in the 1st century AD
Coordinates: 37.9500° N, 22.5000° E

Scripture references

Acts 18:12
Romans 15:26
1 Corinthians 16:15
2 Corinthians 1:1

On a modern map

Achaia today

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