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[Corinth Monument] Justinian's Wall

In 146 B.C. the Roman general Mummius reduced the walls of Corinth to make them unusable for defensive purposes. No wall was considered necessary until the Late Roman period when a shorter circuit was ... shows a 5.3 kilometer ... of sides 1.5 by 1.3 kilometers) with the Roman forum at

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[Corinth Monument] Aetopetra

Aetopetra is a hill (225x100m) located 3km west of Ancient Corinth, 1.6km east of Longopotamos, on the 92nd km mark of the Athens-Patras highway. Blegen observed pottery (EH, MH, and LH) and house walls ... (225x100m) located 3km west of ... on the surface at the ... Kleonai came down the ravine at

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[Corinth Monument] Lechaion Harbor Basilica

The basilica is built on a sand spit separating the inner basins of Lechaion harbor from the sea. It consists of a three aisled structure with two atria at the west end and a transept and single apse at ... structure with two atria at the ... single apse at the east end ... basilicas at Corinth and a great

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[Corinth Monument] East of Theater

A series of buildings flanking the street descending the terrace immediately to the east of the theater was excavated in the 1980’s by C. K. Williams II. Two of the buildings (Buildings 1 and 3) were food ... buildings (Buildings 1 and 3 ... Building 3. They were built in ... 3 but were refurbished

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[Corinth Monument] Bema

The Bema was a complex marble structure dating from the middle of the 1st century A.D. which dominated the face of the terrace of the Upper Forum at Corinth. It took the form of an open propylon with a ... the Upper Forum at Corinth ... north projected 3.00 m. above ... the two pairs at each end

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[Corinth Monument] Odeion

The Roman Odeion of Ancient Corinth was a small, indoor theatre intended for musical events and rhetorical competitions. It consisted of a semicircular orchestra surrounded by seating, a stage building, ... audience of about 3,000. Built ... completely abandoned at the end of

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[Corinth Monument] Lechaion Road

The main north-south artery (cardo maximus) of the Roman city ultimately linked the Agora of Corinth with the harbor of Lechaion on the Corinthian gulf 3 kilometers to the north. In the time of Augustus, ... the Corinthian gulf 3 ... pedestrians. At this period there ... prisoners-of-war (late 2nd-early 3