Thucydides and the Corinthian sea power
This article deals with the emergence, development and disintegration of the Corinthian sea power. This power was the result of colonization of Corinthians in the reign of the Cypselids. Located along the west coast of Greece it controlled trade routes linking Greece with Italy and Sicily. Thucydides' evidences gives us the information missing in the works of other authors, in particular, data of the presence of Corinthian settlements on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth.