Corinth at the time of Jesus was the second city in Greece, and the third in the Roman Empire after Alexandria and Rome. [1] It was the capital of the Roman province of Achaia. [2] You could travel in a small boat that could be transported overland on a rail from one of the Corinthian ports to the other, a distance of ten miles. [3]
See also: UB 130:0.3; UB 133:3-4.