Its capture in 146 was marked by special cruelties.

The city was burned to the ground; beautiful pictures and costly statuary were ruthlessly destroyed.

Gold in abundance was carried to Rome.

The last vestige of Greek liberty vanished.

The country became a Roman province under the name of ACHAIA.
Corinth, the "eye of all Greece," remained in ruins for a century, when it was rebuilt in 46 by Julius Caesar, who planted on its site a colony of veterans and freedmen..