13. Megapolitans: the inhabitants of the megalopolis of Arcadia, in the western Peloponnese. It was in the Achaean League at the time described. It would have been considered a Polis and, as such, would not have been considered a simple entity or a single mastermind, but rather [the Greeks] "considered the relationship between the individual and the state as organic" (Green, 1993). The nature and variety of the Greek states of the late classical and early Hellenistic periods were unique. None seemed to be the same as the others. One system favors democracy (Athens), another may favor a diarchy (Sparta), and still others may be ruled by a tyrant. However, at this time, a polis did not simply have to be a large city. A small mountainside village could be considered a polis because it was ruled by a body of citizens. Poleis arguably began to decline during the Hellenistic period, as they increasingly relied on benefactors who brought wealth to a city in exchange for political power. A polis in ancient Greece would have meant more than just a city, rather it would have been a territory and a state; this is why a polis can be described as a city-state. Aetolians: The Aetolians originated from the region of Aetolia, a mountainous region north of Corinth in central Greece. This was the basis of the Aetolian League which was created to compete with Macedonia and the Achaean League. By the 340s, it was the main power in Greece, which Green explains: "The Aetolians now controlled most of central Greece" (Green, 2007). Polybios is strongly anti-Aetolian in his writings, perhaps because Polybios himself was from Megalopolis which was part of the Achaean League, or he based most of his work for this era (220s) on the memoirs of Aratus of Sicyon. His father was also a leader...... middle of paper ......Works CitedGreen, P. 2007. The Hellenistic Era. New York. Hansen, M. H. 2006. Polis: An Introduction to the Greek City-State. Oxford.Hansen, MH 1998. Polis and city-state: an ancient concept and its modern equivalent. Copenhagen: Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab/Munksgaard.Larsen, JAO 1968. Greek federal states: their institutions and their history. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Paton, WR ed. 1922-7. Polybius, Histories. (Loeb Classical Library, 128, 137-8 and 159-61.) Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. Shipley, G. 2000. The Greek world after Alexander: 323-30 BC. London-New York: Routledge.Fine, JVA “The context of the social war of 220-217 BC”. The American Journal of Philology, Vol 61, No 2. (1940) pp. 129-165.Samuel, AE The Ptolemies and the ideology of royalty, in Hellenistic history and culture, Ed. Vert, P. 1993.