Landscape

The study of the landscape surrounding the Roman city of Corinth has become an objective of this project during the past five years. We have been interested in the ways in which the urban colony of Corinth related to its territorium, the agricultural land neighboring the city, in terms of major and minor roadways and the agricultural organization of land. We have also been interested in the location of the ports of Corinth, Lechaeum and Cenchreai, and ways in which they relate to the city. A series of 1:2000 topography maps have been digitized covering 35 square kilometers of land in and around the Roman city. From these detailed maps information about Roman agricultural land division has been ascertained. For, elements of the Roman land systems are still present in the landscape from the study of modern property lines and field lines. Low level and high level air photographs have also been utilized in the study to provide additional, as well as corroborating, information about the landscape. The digital contour maps have also been utilized to create 3d digital terrain models and digital elevation models of the landscape that can increase one's understanding of the topography of the region.