| G R E E C E (13450 words) |
 | By 1400 BC the Achaeans were in possession of the island itself, and soon afterwards they became dominant on the mainland, notably in the region around Mycenae. |
| By 338 BC he was sufficiently powerful to call a congress of the Greek states, which acknowledged Macedonian supremacy in the peninsula and appointed Philip as the commander-in-chief of the Greek forces. |
| In 290 BC the city-states of central Greece began to join the Aetolian League, a powerful military confederation that had originally been organized during the reign of Philip II by the cities of Aetolia for their mutual benefit and protection. |
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