Battle of Corinth (146 BC)

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Battle of Corinth
Part of the Achaean War
The last day of Corinth, Tony Robert-Fleury, 1870
Date 146 BC Location Corinth, Greece 37°54′19″N 22°52′49″E / 37.9053°N 22.8802°E / 37.9053; 22.8802 Result Roman victory Destruction of Corinth Complete Roman hegemony over Greece Achaean League disbanded Territorial changes Greece annexed by the Roman Republic
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Achaean League
Commanders and leaders
Lucius Mummius	Diaeus †

The Battle of Corinth of 146 BC, also known as the Battle of Leucapetra or the Battle of Lefkopetra, was a decisive engagement fought between the Roman Republic and the Greek city-state of Corinth and its allies in the Achaean League. The battle marked the end of the Achaean War and the beginning of the period of Roman domination in Greek history, and is also notable for the complete and total destruction of Corinth by the Romans in its aftermath.

The Romans had moved swiftly since the war's beginning a few weeks earlier; they had destroyed the main Achaean force at Scarpheia, conquered Boeotia and then proceeded to Corinth itself. Despite the Roman successes, the Achaeans refused to surrender and gathered a final army for the defense of the League's capital of Corinth, where they engaged the Romans in battle. In a few hours of fighting, the Achaeans were soundly routed, with their troops killed, captured, or put to flight. After a few days' waiting, the Romans entered the city, and, on the orders of Mummius, set it on fire, killed all the men and enslaved all the women and children, after which the rest of Greece was subjugated by Rome.