In 146 BC, Roman forces defeated the city-state of Corinth and its allies in which confederacy at the Battle of Corinth?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Achaean League
- Step 1: The Battle of Corinth of 146 BC, also known as the Battle of Leucapetra or the Battle of Lefkopetra, was a decisive engagement fought between the Roman Republic and the Greek city-state of Corinth and its allies in the Achaean League. Answer: Achaean League. Why not the others: "Delian League" had dissolved three centuries earlier in 404 BC at the close of the Peloponnesian War; "Boeotian Confederacy" was fragmented earlier following the rise of Macedon and Spartan conflicts; "Ionian League" was an archaic religious confederacy of twelve Ionian cities in western Asia Minor.
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