control appears to have been linked to Demetrius' change in policy, signalled by his capture and fortification of Athens in 294 BC, with the planting of garrisons in Achaean cities likely occurring shortly thereafter.

Polybius records that during this time, tyrannies were established in cities such as Ceryneia and Bura, and a garrison was stationed at Aegium. Despite this interference, there is no indication that the Achaean League was formally dissolved. Historian