Tribune

    The tribune is situated opposite to the Propylea in the center of the market. From this point the Roman officials appeared to their people and used to make announcements. It was a place where the Romans vice-consul came in contact with the citizens who gathered in the center of the square. The Roman ruler reached the tribune from the back free space or from the central where there were steps. The walls were covered with marble.

    In that tribune Apostle Paul was lead in front of the vice-consul Galiona, the brother of the philosopher Seneka in 52 AC when the Jews in Corinth accused him of undermining the Mosaic law with his teaching and triggered disturbance in the city. Galionas found that Paul’s teaching didn’t constitute an offence so he didn’t bother him, something that led to the rapid creation of the Christian Church in Corinth. Thus in the middle ages, a small church with three arches was built in the place of the tribune.

Tribune

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