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Apollonia Pontica - World Archaeology

It was a treacherous stretch of coast. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon, writing in the 4th century BC, describes the perils of the Black Sea shore in the region around Salmydessos, a town in ancient Thrace and modern Turkey. The post Apollonia Pontica appeared first on World Archaeology.