Pontic Athens

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This article is about the city on the Black Sea in antiquity. For the city in Greece proper, see Athens.

Pontic Athens or Pontic Athenæ was a city on the shore of the Black Sea mentioned by the ancient historian Arrian in his 2nd century Periplus Ponti Euxini. There is some debate over whether it was simply a local city with a temple to Athena as Arrian mentioned or if it was a Pontic colony of the Greek city of Athens.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vogt, Joseph; Temporini, Hildegard & Hasse, Wolfgang (1972), Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, p. 243, ISBN 9783110018851, OCLC 17263450 


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