The Northern Black Sea in Antiquity. Networks, Connectivity, and Cultural Interactions

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Under the general editorship: V. Kozlovskaya

The Northern Black Sea region, despite its distance from the centers of classical civilizations, played an integral role in the socioeconomic life of the ancient Greco-Roman world. The chapters in this book, written by experts on the region, explore topics such as the trade, religion, political culture, art and architecture, and the local non-Greek populations, from the foundation of the first Greek colonies on the North Pontic shores at the end of the seventh and sixth century BCE through the first centuries of the Roman imperial period. This volume closely examines relevant categories of archaeological material, including amphorae, architectural remains, funerary and dedicatory monuments, inscriptions, and burial complexes. Geographically, it encompasses the coastal territories of modern Russia and Ukraine. The Northern Black Sea in Antiquity embraces an inclusive and comparative approach while discussing new archaeological evidence, offering fresh insights into familiar questions, and presenting original interpretations of well-known artifacts.

Chapters

The Greeks and the Black Sea: The Earliest Ideas about the Region and the Beginning of Colonization

Ivantchik A., , in: The Northern Black Sea in Antiquity. Networks, Connectivity, and Cultural Interactions.: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. P. 7–26.

The Greek colonization of the Northern Black Sea region was part of the larger phenomenon of Greek colonization, which, in turn, was probably the most important phenomenon in Greek history from the eighth to sixth century bce. It resulted in Greeks settling on almost the entire coast of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea – ...

Added: February 22, 2019

Keywords: archaeology, classical studies, classical archaeology