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The '''Aetolian League''' was a confederation in [[ancient Greece]] centering on the cities of [[Aetolia]] in central Greece. The league was established in [[370 BC]] in opposition to [[Macedon]] and the [[Achaean League]]. It occupied [[Delphi]] from [[290 BC]] and gained territory steadily until, by the end of the [[3rd century BC]], it controlled the whole of central Greece outside [[Attica]]. At its height, the league's territory included [[Locris]], [[Malis]], [[Dolopes]], part of [[Thessaly]], [[Phocis]], and [[Acarnania]].

The Aetolians were not highly regarded by other Greeks, who considered them as being almost semi-barbaric. However, their league had a complex political and administrative structure, and their armies were easily a match for the other Greek powers. The league had a federal structure consisting of a federal council in which the level of representation was proportional to the size of a community's contribution to the league's army, a popular assembly of all citizens which met twice a year, and an inner council equivalent to a federal government. It could raise armies and conduct foreign policy on a common basis. It also implemented economic standardisation, levying taxes, using a common currency and adopting a uniform system of weights and measures.

The league was the first Greek ally of the Roman Republic, siding with the Romans during the [[First Macedonian War]], and helping to defeat [[Philip V of Macedon]] at the [[Battle of Cynoscephalae]] in [[197 BC]], during the [[Second Macedonian War]]. However, it grew increasingly hostile to Roman involvement in Greek affairs and only a few years later sided with [[Antiochus III]], the anti-Roman king of Syria. The defeat of Antiochus in [[189 BC]] robbed the league of its principal foreign ally and made it inviable to stand alone in continued opposition to Rome. The league was forced to sign a peace treaty with Rome that made it a subject ally of the republic. Although it continued to exist in name, the power of the league was broken by the treaty and it never again constituted a significant political or military force.

==Bibliography==
*Krzysztof Kęciek "Kynoskefalaj 197 p.n.e" Serie Historic Battles Published in Warsaw by Bellona in 2002

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