What is Ancient Corinth?
'''Corinth''' is at a critical place in the [[Peloponnese]], a [[city-state]] on the [[Isthmus of Corinth]]. Ancient Corinth was one of the largest and most important cities of [[Ancient Greece]], with a population of 90,000 in [[:en:400_BC|400 BC.]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dillon|first1=Matthew|last2=Garland|first2=Lynda|title=Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Socrates (c. 800–399 B.C.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PD14aQTG05UC|year=2000|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0415217552|page=352}}</ref> The [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] demolished Corinth in [[146 BC]], built a new city in its place in [[44 BC]], and later made it the provincial capital of Greece. == Classical music == The city was a major player in the Persian Wars. It sent 400 soldiers to defend [[Battle of Thermopylae|Thermopylae]].<ref>''Histories'', Herodotus, Book 7:202</ref> It supplied forty warships for the [[Battle of Salamis]] and 5,000 [[hoplites]] in the following [[Battle of Plataea]]. At the end of the [[Peloponnesian War]] ([[:en:404_BC|404 BC]]) Corinth joined [[Athens]] in the [[:en:Corinthian_War|Corinthian War]] against Sparta. However, in 395 BC Corinth switched back to the [[:en:Peloponnesian_League|Peloponnesian League]] and joined Sparta to attack Athens. These conflicts weakened the city-states of the Peloponnese and set the stage for the conquests of [[Philip II of Macedon]]. In 338 BC, after defeating Athens and its allies, Philip II created the [[:en:League_of_Corinth|League of Corinth]] to unite the Greeks in a war against [[Persia]]. Philip was named [[hegemon]] of the League. == Corinth under the Roman Republic == In 146 BC, Rome declared war on the Greek Achaean League, led by Corinth. After some victories, the Romans under captured Corinth. When he entered the city, their commander Lucius Mummius killed all the men and sold the women and children into slavery before burning the city. This ruthless action was on a par with the destruction of [[Corinth]]. The Roma