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Corinth

Achaea · Roman province·Greece·Founded 44 BCE (re-founded by Caesar)

Provincial capital of Achaea, re-founded by Caesar over the ruins of the Greek city Rome had destroyed a century earlier.

Uninhabited ruins in the village of Ancient Corinth, a few kilometers from the modern city of Corinth; excavations by the American School continue today.

Excavation history

1896
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) — Began excavating ancient Corinth in 1896 and has continued the project with little interruption ever since, one of the longest-running excavations in Greece.
1896-present
American School of Classical Studies at Athens — The excavation archive today holds nearly 1,000 field notebooks and about 125,000 photographs documenting continuous work at the site.

Notable finds

Statue of Augustus, Capite Velato
Excavated in 1914-15 from the Julian Basilica, this over-life-size, two-meter statue shows Augustus with his toga drawn up over his head as a sacrificial veil, caught mid-libation in his role as chief priest of the Roman state religion.
Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
Statues of Gaius and Lucius Caesar
Statues of Gaius and Lucius Caesar
Found alongside the Augustus statue in the Julian Basilica, these two portraits of the emperor's grandsons and designated heirs show them heroically nude in the pose of the mythical twins Castor and Pollux — part of what is now the largest surviving group of Julio-Claudian imperial statues outside Rome itself.
Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
Cuirassed Statue of Germanicus
One of at least eleven imperial statues that once crowded the Julian Basilica, this armored torso is identified as Germanicus, Augustus's popular grand-nephew, standing in full military dress the way Roman honorific statues showed their generals.
Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
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