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Modern Description: The site of ancient Corinth was first inhabited in the Neolithic period (6500-3250 B.C.). The peak period of the city, though, started in the 8th century B.C,, when Corinth became one of the leading powers of the Greek world, founder of colonies in the west Mediterranean, such as Syracuse, and lasted until its destruction by the Roman general Lucius Mummius in 146 B.C. Representative of its wealth and pioneering spirit in architecture, is the Doric temple of Apollo which was built in 540 B.C.
The city was reinhabited in 44 B.C. and gradually developed again. In 51/52 A.D., Apostle Paul visited Corinth. The centre of the Roman city was organized to the south of the temple of Apollo and included shops, small shrines, fountains, baths and other public buildings.
The invasion of the Herulians in A.D. 267 , initiated the decline of the city though it remained inhabited for many centuries through successive invasions and destructions, until it was liberated from the Turks in 1822.
Limited excavations were conducted in 1892 and 1906 by the Archaeological Society of Athens under the direction of A. Skias. The systematic excavations of the area, initiated by the American School of Classical Studies in 1896, are still continuing today.
The archaeological site of Ancient Corinth lays on the northern foothills of the Acrocorinth hill, around the Temple of Apollo. Extended excavations and have brought to light the Roman Forum, temples, fountains, shops, porticoes, baths and various other monuments. The investigations extended also to the fortress on Acrocorinth, the prehistoric settlements of the Corinthian Valley to the north, such as the Korakou hill, the Theatre, the Odeion, the Asclepeion, the cemeteries, the Quarter of the Potters, and other buildings outside the main archaeological site.
The finds are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth
Wikidata ID: Q1363688
Trismegistos Geo: 1163
Manto: 8188812

Info: Odysseus

(Odysseus, Greek Ministry of Culture)

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