Battle of Corinth (146 BC)
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The Battle of Corinth of 146 BC, also known as the Battle of Leucapetra or the Battle of Lefkopetra, was a decisive engagement fought between the Roman Republic and the Greek city-state of Corinth and
The last day of Corinth by Tony Robert-Fleury (1870)
The Sack of Corinth, by Thomas Allom
The Jockey of Artemision, which may have been taken from Corinth in the looting of the city by Mummius
Roman general Lucius Mummius Achaicus in The Sack of Corinth, by Thomas Allom (detail)
Greece in the Roman era
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Greece in the Roman era refers to the period of ancient Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited and ruled historically, from the Roman Republic's conquest of mainland G
Battle of Corinth (146 BC)
…Republic and the Greek city-state of Corinth and its allies in the Achaean League. The battle marked the end of the Achaean War and the beginning of the period of Roman domination in Greek history, and is also notable for the complete destruction of Corinth by the Romans in its aftermath. The Romans had moved swiftly since the…
The provincial subdivision of Roman Greece
The Sack of Corinth by Thomas Allom, ca. 1870.
The Roman Agora of Athens
Emperor Hadrian and his Greek favorite Antinous by Bartolomeo Pinelli, ca. 1810.