For readers of the current encyclopedia, the ancient city of Corinth is perhaps most well known as the home city of a group of Christ worshippers to whom Paul the apostle (Paul [Apostle]) wrote at least three letters in the mid-1st century CE – of which at least one is lost (see 1 Cor 5:9). Since this chapter is likely to be consulted as background to readings of 1 and 2 Corinthians, it will focus mostly on the Roman per…