A ruler of this city had his concubines burnt alive after they supposedly tricked him into kicking his wife down the stairs, and that tyrant also built a paved track called the diolkos. A war fought a
A ruler of this city had his concubines burnt alive after they supposedly tricked him into kicking his wife down the stairs, and that tyrant also built a paved track called the diolkos. A war fought around this city was ended by the intervention of Artaxerxes II and the Treaty of Antalcidas. A type of bronze named for this city was apocryphally created by the melting of metals when Lucius Mummius destroyed this city, which was the capital of the Achaean league. This city also names a league created after the Battle of Chaeronea by Philip II and an ornate architectural style that followed the Doric and the Ionian. For 10 points, name Ancient Greek city located on an isthmus.
A ruler of this city had his concubines burnt alive after they supposedly tricked him into kicking his wife down the stairs, and that tyrant also built a paved track called the diolkos.
Corinth [or Korinthos]