Lechaeum

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Lechaeum was the principal port of ancient Corinth on the Corinthian Gulf, serving as a key naval and commercial hub in classical Greece.

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Label Occurrences
Lechaeum canonical 4

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city ⓘ
ancient port ⓘ
accessedBy Corinthian Gulf shipping routes ⓘ
approximateModernLocation near modern Lechaio, Greece ⓘ
connectedBy Long Walls ⓘ
connectedTo Corinth ⓘ
Sicyon by coastal road ⓘ
controlledBy Corinth ⓘ
country Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
declinePeriod Roman imperial era ⓘ
linked to: Roman Empire
distanceFrom about 2 kilometers from ancient Corinth ⓘ
era Classical Greece ⓘ
function commercial port ⓘ
naval port ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Lechaio excavations ⓘ
hasInfrastructure fortifications ⓘ
harbor ⓘ
ship-sheds ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterControlledBy Macedonian kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Macedon

Roman Republic ⓘ
locatedIn Corinth ⓘ
Corinthia ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedOn Corinthian Gulf ⓘ
mentionedBy Pausanias ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
near Isthmus of Corinth ⓘ
oppositeCoast Acarnania ⓘ
linked to: Aetolia

Aetolia ⓘ
partOf territory of Corinth ⓘ
politicalAffiliation polis of Corinth ⓘ
portType commercial harbor ⓘ
military harbor ⓘ
region northern Peloponnese ⓘ
religiousStructures sanctuaries ⓘ
temples ⓘ
strategicImportance access to western Greek world ⓘ
control of Corinthian Gulf ⓘ
timeOfFlourishing 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
usedBy Corinthian navy ⓘ
usedDuring Peloponnesian War ⓘ
usedFor maritime trade ⓘ
military operations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Lechaeum → location → Lechaeum ⓘ
Achaia → hasPort → Lechaeum ⓘ
Cenchreae → oppositePort → Lechaeum ⓘ