The
city of Patrai
has a history of more
than five thousand years,
as archaeological excavations
have shown. Indeed its
existence goes back
to pre"historic
times and flourished
during the later Helladic
or Mycenaean period.
The city was created
from the union of three
agricultural districts;
Aroe, Anthia and Messatis,
which still exist today
under the same names.
When, around the 12th
century BC, the Achaeans
living in Argos and
Sparta felt the full
force of the Dorian
invasion, left their
land and moved in the
area where they settled
after defeating the
Ionians.
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