Later came many other plans or attempts at a canal — Julius Caesar considered digging one through the isthmus but was assassinated before he could begin.
Caligula, his successor, commissioned a study in 40AD but was put off the idea by the opinion of his Egyptian advisors, who said the Gulf of Corinth was higher than the Saronic Gulf and if a canal was opened, the island of Aegina would be flooded.
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