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The battle marked the end of Achaean resistance; Greece would not see fighting again until the First Mithridatic War sixty years later. The League was dissolved, Greece was annexed to the newly created province of Macedonia (though some autonomy was given to certain cities) and direct Roman control over mainland Greece was established. [20]
Dexileos was killed in action near Corinth in the summer of 394 BC, probably in the Battle of Nemea, [1] or in a proximate engagement. [2] Grave Stele of Dexileos , 394–393 BC. Date
The Greek peninsula fell to the Roman Republic during the Battle of Corinth (146 BC), when Macedonia became a Roman province. Meanwhile, southern Greece also came under Roman hegemony, but some key Greek poleis remained partly autonomous and avoided direct Roman taxation. The Sack of Corinth by Thomas Allom, ca. 1870.
Siege of Corinth (April–June 1862), in Mississippi, U.S. (also known as the First Battle of Corinth) Second Battle of Corinth (October 1862), in Mississippi, U.S. Battle of the Corinth Canal (April 1941), fought as part of the Axis invasion of Greece during World War II
Corinth (British English: / ˈ k ɒr ɪ n θ / KORR-inth, American English: / ˈ k ɔːr ɪ n θ /; Ancient Greek: Κόρινθος Korinthos; Doric Greek: Ϙόρινθος; Latin: Corinthus) was a city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese peninsula to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.
A critical target during the German invasion, was the Corinth Canal which divided the Peloponnesus from the Greek mainland as Hitler saw it as the gateway to control the Aegean Sea and trap the evacuating Allied forces in Greece if it were captured and kept operational. [2]
The Battle of Nemea of 394 BC, also known in ancient Athens as the Battle of Corinth, [3] was a battle in the Corinthian War, between Sparta and the coalition of Argos, Athens, Corinth, and Thebes. The battle was fought in Corinthian territory, at the dry bed of the Nemea River. The battle was a decisive Spartan victory, which, coupled with the ...
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