City
Corintho
Archaia Korinthos
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Corinth, the city on the isthmus between two seas, lies today at Archaia Korinthos in Greece. Roman troops destroyed it in 146 BC, and Julius Caesar refounded it in 44 BC as a colony of Roman citizens, which soon became the seat of the governor of the province of Achaia. On the map the city has slipped eastwards and inland, together with its two harbours, Lechaion and Kenchreai, although educated Romans knew that its citadel looked out over both seas. Either the mapmaker misjudged the ground, or a careless copyist moved it. The roads converging here mark it as a major junction.