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Paul also wrote two epistles to the "Church of Corinth" (the Christian community established at the time), the [[I Corinthians|First Epistle to the Corinthians]] and the [[II Corinthians|Second Epistle to the Corinthians]]. The first epistle reflects the difficulties of maintaining a Christian community in such a cosmopolitan city.
The presence of Peter in Korinth is less certain although probable; the closest evidence in favour of this is in I Corinthians 9:5],<ref>Paul would refer to Peter by his [[Aramaic ]] name "Cephas" or "Khfas" (cf. Gal. 1:18; 2:9,11,14)</ref> where it is presupposed that the Korinthians knew that he traveled about with his wife.
The area was laid to waste by the invading Goths during 395 AD but the major earthquake of 521 AD destroyed the Korinth established and well known to Paul, this was further devastated by another earthquake in 1858. Early in the 13th century, it was conquered by Geoffroi I de Villehardouin following the Fourth Crusade. In 1458, it was captured by the Ottoman Turks and in 1687 seized by the Venetians, who then lost Korinth to the Turks in 1715. In 1822, it was captured by Greek insurgents.
