Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.7.1, pp. 438-548
 
Corinth and Rome I: 228 B.C.-A.D.
by James Wiseman, Boston, Mass.

Contents

I. Introduction 439

1. Corinth and Its Land

439

2. Excavations in the Corinthia

447
II. Corinth and Rome, 228-146 B.C 450

1. Historical Resume

450

2. Administration of the City

462

3. Corinth and the Isthmia in 146 B.C.: Archaeology and the Monuments

465

a) The City Walls

466

b) Acrocorinth

468

c) Temple Hill

473

d) South of Temple Hill

475

e) East of Temple Hill

481

f) North of Temple Hill

485

g) The Agora before 146 B.C

488

h) Outlying Areas

489
III. The Interlude: 146-44 B.C 491
The City Refounded: 44 B.C. to A.D. 267 497
The Administration of the City 497
Historical Outline, 44 B.C.-A.D. 267 502
The Urban Development of Corinth, 44 B.C.-A.D. 267 509

a) The Early Colony

509

b) Corinth in the Time of Pausanias

521

c) Pausanias in the Corinthian Forum

528

d) The Outlying Areas

531
Table 1. Ancient Sites in the Corinthia 536
Table 2. Garrisons on Acrocorinth 338-146 B.C 538
Table 3. International Meetings at Corinth and the n.thmia 480-146 B.C 539
Table 4. Identifications of Some Buildings in and near the Forum 540
Select Bibliography 542
List of Illustrations 546
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