Although it was thought that in most of the cities of the Roman Empire there were jails, little remains have been found of the prisons of the time in the fields.

Recently, however, the archaeologist at the University of Copenhagen, Matthew Larsen, has identified the Roman prison of Corinth. The building dates from 424, when the Greek city was in the hands of the Romans and the population was Christian.

He has used the records collected in the excavations of 1901 to locate the prison, but the inscriptions given by the prisoners have confirmed the finding: "Let the fate of those suffering in this lawless place prevail." "Oh my God, let us spend the winter here the punishment Marinosi gave us to us"...