![]() The annihilation of Corinth, the same fate met by Carthage the same year, marked a severe departure from previous Roman policy in Greece. Much of the adult male population was put to the sword and the female population and children sold into slavery. ![]() AftermathĬorinth was utterly destroyed in this year by the victorious Roman army and all of her treasures and art plundered. Some Achaeans took refuge in Corinth but no defense was organized because Diaeus fled to Arcadia. The Achaean infantry, however, held the legions until a picked force of 1,000 Roman infantry charged their flank and broke them and the Achaeans retreated with order inside the city walls. The Destruction of Corinth, by Thomas Allom / Artnet, Wikimedia CommonsĮncouraged by this success they offered battle the next day but their cavalry, heavily outnumbered, did not wait to receive the Roman cavalry charge and instead rapidly dispersed. The Achaeans made a successful night attack on the camp of the Roman advance guard, inflicting heavy casualties. The Achaean general Diaeus camped at Corinth with 14,000 infantry and 600 cavalry (plus possibly some survivors of another army that had been defeated earlier). The Roman consul Mummius, with 23,000 infantry and 3,500 cavalry (probably two legions plus Italian allies) with Cretans and Pergamese, advanced into the Peloponnese against the revolutionary Achaean government. Marching from Macedonia, the Romans defeated the first Achaean army under Critolaos of Megalopolis at the Battle of Scarpheia, and advanced unhindered onto Corinth. In the winter of that year the Achaean League rebelled against Roman predominance in Greece. ![]() Cassius Dio reported that it was the Achaeans (Greeks) who began the quarrel. In 146 BC, the Romans finally defeated and destroyed their main rival in the Mediterranean, Carthage, and spent the following months in provoking the Greeks, aiming for a final battle that would also strengthen their hold in this area. Achaean League in 150 BCE / Augusto de Cartagena, Wikimedia Commons ![]()
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