Corinth,situated in the northeast corner of the Peloponnessus on the
Isthmus of Corinth,was one of the largest cities in ancient Greece and a
rival of Athens.The city controlled overland access to the Pelopennus and
to continental Greece,as well as the maritime ways to the east and
west of the medeterian.In time,Corinth started to create o string of
daughter cities,colonies such as Leukas,Ambrakia(Arta),Anactorium,
Dyrrhachium(Durazzo)and even Terina in southern Italy and Syracuse in
Sicily.All these cities followed Corinth's Monetary system.