The county is bordered to the east of Corinth prefecture, south of the Arcadia prefecture, southwest of the prefecture of Ilia, and bordering the north of Patras and the Corinthian Gulf.
The Achaia was first the Paleolithic Age, as the excavations in northwest part of the region near the Araxos. Its first inhabitants considered, Ionians. Was built in Mycenaean times, at the end of which, with the Dorian invasion (1100), Achaeans from different regions of Argolis settled here and founded twelve major cities, among which was the Egio and Patras. The region called Achaia, and the oldest inhabitants emigrated to Greece and from there on the coast of Asia Minor, which was known from Ionia.
Although the Achaeans took part in establishing colonies in southern Italy (700 BC) did not participate in major military conflicts and political events of the 5th century. The biggest event in the history of the region is the establishment of Achaian Confederacy in 280 BC, ie the reorganization of the Federation of Achaean cities about installing them Macedonian guards. Internal differences and the bias of Rome in favor of Sparta, had a wound to the Confederation and Achaia, and the rest of Greece, to submit to the Romans (146).
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 Among the important events of the Late Roman times is the spread of Christianity in the region and the martyrdom of Apostolos Andreas (68 AD) in Patras, where he taught. The Byzantine Era the Achaia was rich and fertile, for it was repeated barbarian invasions (Slavs Arabs, etc.). In 1205 received the Franks and was divided into baronies, which belonged to the Principality of Achaia and the Morea.
After the fall of Constantinople was conquered by the Turks (1460), who remained (except for small intervals in the region occupied by the Venetians) and the explosion of the Revolution of 1821, which pioneered the Achaia. In the monastery of Agia Lavra, near Kalavrita, was raised the flag of the Revolution, the castle of Patras was the first to the besieged epanastatimenoi Greeks.
Patras was liberated in 1828 by the French liberation army headed by a major general and then the region followed the fate of Greece. Major disasters witnessed during the Second World War
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