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Arcadian League (sh)




Confederation of ancient Greek city-states of Arcadia.

Arcadian towns had been forced to ally with Sparta by 550 BC, and most Arcadians remained faithful to Sparta during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC). In an effort to contain Sparta, Epaminondas of Thebes founded the city-state of Megalopolis in 371-368 BC as the seat of the Arcadian League. The League united the Arcadians for a few decades until internal discord crippled their confederation.