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The <em>diolkos <\/em>was not principally a commercial thoroughfare for transporting the goods of other states but facilitated the communication, transport, travel, and strategic ends of Corinth and her allies. The commercial properties of the Isthmus of Corinth subsist in its emporion for exchange, not in a road used for transshipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the mid 19th century, the paved portage road known as the diolkos has been central to interpreting the historical fortune of the city of Corinth and the commercial facility of its isthmus. 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