Ancient Corinth was one of the largest and most important cities of Greece, with a population of 90,000 in 400 BC. [1] The Romans demolished Corinth in 146 BC, built a new city in its place in 44 BC, and later made it the provincial capital of Greece.

Corinth, an ancient and a modern city of the Peloponnese, in south-central Greece. The remains of the ancient city lie about 50 miles (80 km) west of Athens, at the eastern end of the Gulf of Corinth, on a terrace some 300 feet (90 metres) above sea level.

2009年9月2日 · Corinth was a Greek, Hellenistic and Roman city located on the isthmus which connects mainland Greece with the Peloponnese. Surrounded by fertile plains and blessed with natural springs, ancient Corinth was a centre of trade, had a …

2025年1月12日 · Ancient Corinth was one of the wealthiest and most powerful Greek city-states, built 78 km (48 mi) southwest of Athens near the Corinth Canal, which connects the Peloponnese to mainland Greece.

2023年11月23日 · Ancient Corinth, inhabited since the Neolithic times, was considered the richest city of the ancient world and its most important commercial hub until the rise of Athens.

2020年11月24日 · Ancient Corinth, the ruins of which can be found in the modern town of Korinthos, was a city of major importance in Ancient Greece and in Ancient Rome. Located in between mainland Greece and the Peloponnese, Corinth was a vital port and a thriving city-state as well as being of religious significance.

Corinth is located eighty kilometers west of Athens on the south side of the Isthmus, a narrow neck of land connecting the Peloponnese to mainland Greece and separating the Corinthian Gulf from the and Saronic Gulf and ultimately the Ionian and Aegean Seas.

2024年2月20日 · Corinth was renowned in ancient Greece for its unique architectural inroads (this is where the Corinthian style originates) and its iconic black-figure pottery that was invented …

A port city located at the narrow neck that joins the Peloponnese to mainland Greece, Ancient Corinth controlled important trade routes. Ancient Corinth was actually inhabited since the...

2024年5月26日 · For historians, Corinth offers an unparalleled window into the social, economic, and cultural realities of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. The city‘s strategic location made it a crossroads of cultures and a crucible of ideas, reflected in the diversity of its archaeological and textual records.