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The ancient Greek and Roman city of Corinth, located in the Peloponnese, Greece. Also known today as Archaia Korinthos and not to be confused with the nearby modern town.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570182

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.9056416435, 22.8786143909

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Ancient Korinthos (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Αἰγιαλεῖς (Aigiales: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)
- Αἰγιαλεὺς (Aigialos: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)
- Ancient Corinth (English, modern)
- Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthus (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Corinth (English, modern)
- Corinthus (Latin, 750 BC - AD 300)
- Κόρινθος (Korinthos: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Σικυωνίᾳ (Sicyonia: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 300)

Corinthus/Korinthos makes connections with:

Corinthus/Korinthos member of Achaean League (Second) (330 BC - 30 BC)
Corinthus/Korinthos part of (administrative) Achaia (province) (30 BC - AD 640)
Corinthus/Korinthos part of (physical/topographic) Corinthia (unspecified date range)
Corinthus/Korinthos connection Kenchreai (unspecified date range)
Corinthus/Korinthos part of (administrative) Macedonia (Hellenistic kingdom) (330 BC - 30 BC)
Corinthus/Korinthos part of (physical/topographic) Peloponnesus/Peloponnesos/Peloponnese (unspecified date range)

Corinthus/Korinthos receives connections from:

Agora of Corinth located at Corinthus/Korinthos (unspecified date range)
Akrokorinthos located at Corinthus/Korinthos (unspecified date range)
Alyz(e)ia founded by Corinthus/Korinthos (750 BC - 550 BC)
Anactorium founded by Corinthus/Korinthos (750 BC - 550 BC)
Asklepieion and Lerna located at Corinthus/Korinthos (unspecified date range)
Corinth Theater located at Corinthus/Korinthos (550 BC - 330 BC)
Less than certain: Cyzicus founded by Corinthus/Korinthos (850 BC - 750 BC)
Forum of Roman Corinth located at Corinthus/Korinthos (unspecified date range)
Gymnasium at Corinth located at Corinthus/Korinthos (unspecified date range)
Korakou located near Corinthus/Korinthos (2000 BC - 1000 BC)
Kraneion located near Corinthus/Korinthos (unspecified date range)
Leucas founded by Corinthus/Korinthos (750 BC - 550 BC)
Poteidaia/Kassandreia founded by Corinthus/Korinthos (750 BC - 550 BC)
Roman Odeion at Corinth located at Corinthus/Korinthos (30 BC - AD 399)
Roman amphitheater at Corinth located at Corinthus/Korinthos (unspecified date range)
Syracusae/Syrakousai founded by Corinthus/Korinthos (750 BC - 550 BC)
Temple of Apollo at Corinth located at Corinthus/Korinthos (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

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Evidence:

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See Also:

Corinthian Matters

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 D2 Corinthus

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Archaia Korinthos

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Suggested citation:
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, DARMC, James Herbst, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Corinthus/Korinthos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570182> [accessed: 14 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570182 |title=Places: 570182 (Corinthus/Korinthos) |author=Reger, G., J. McK. Camp II |accessdate=February 14, 2026 3:30 am |publisher=Pleiades}}