The Lechaion Road was the main artery of Roman Corinth — a broad, marble-paved street twelve metres wide that ran from the agora north to the port of Lechaion on the Gulf of Corinth, about three kilometres away. Its paving stones are still in place, polished smooth by centuries of foot traffic and carriage wheels, with the channels cut for cart wheels still visible.
At the agora end, the road passes through a monumental gateway called the Propylaia before opening into the forum. The bema, the raised marble platform from which officials addressed crowds, stands beside it — this is where Paul stood before the proconsul Gallio. Walking the road gives a vivid sense of the city's commercial scale: the shops, the colonnades, and the constant movement between port and marketplace that made Corinth one of the wealthiest cities in the ancient Mediterranean.