Symmachia (alliance)

Map illustrating the various alliances of the Peloponnesian Wars

A symmachia (Greek: συμμαχία, romanizedsymmachia) is and was in ancient times a military treaty between independent polities covering both offense and defense. In modern Greek the word also can mean an alliance among political factions to form a political party.


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