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Achaia

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Achaia (a-kâ' yah or a-kä'yah). This was the original name of a district in the northwest of the Peloponnesus: in New Testament times it had a wider signification; for the Roman provinces of Achaia and Macedonia comprehended the whole of Greece. It is in this larger sense that Achaia must be understood. Acts 18:12; Acts 18:27; Acts 19:21; Romans 15:26; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:15; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 9:2; 2 Corinthians 11:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:7-8. Achaia was first a senatorial province, and had proconsuls. Tiberius changed it into a province imperial under procurators; and Claudius restored it to the senate. Hence Gallio, before whom Paul appeared, was proconsul. Corinth was the capital city.

Bibliography Information
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Achaia'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​a/achaia.html. 1893.