Peoples in the Black Sea region from the Archaic to the Roman period : proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on the Black Sea in Antiquity, held in Thessaloniki, 21-23 September 2018

Peoples in the Black Sea Region from the Archaic to the Roman Period includes papers presented at the Third International Workshop on the Black Sea in Antiquity , which, like the two previous ones, took place at the International Hellenic University, Greece, on 21-23 September 2018. The 'Peoples' of the title are defined widely to include not only those that either inhabited or colonised the Black Sea area, but also those who are considered to have visited, acted in, or influenced the region. Papers draw on a mix of archaeological evidence, epigraphy and written sources, as well as maps to explore the activities and characteristics of these peoples. The contributors are scholars from ten countries, and their papers cover all shores of the Black Sea. Cover Title Page Copyright Information Contents Page Introduction North Black Sea Greeks and non-Greeks in the BCOSPE Project Victor Cojocaru and Lavinia Grumeza Olbian Style Bronze Mirrors with Zoomorphic Handles from Mingachevir Zaur Hasanov Chronology of the Early Scythian Sites in the Lower Don Region1 M.Yu. Rusakov and A.A. Rusakova Greeks and non-Greeks in Contact: Commercial and Epigraphical Practices According to the Lead and Ostracon Letters from the Northern Black Sea Madalina Dana ‘Barbarian’ Peoples of the Northern Black Sea Region on the Tabula Peutingeriana versus Literary Tradition Alexander V. Podossinov South Black Sea ‘Barbarians’ in the Southern Black Sea: The Extreme Case of the Mossynoikoi Manolis Manoledakis Roman Soldiers in Sinope Lâtife Summerer and Perikles Christodoulou West Black Sea Quantitative Approaches to Epigraphy: Epigraphic Production in Thrace as a Mirror of Social Organisation Petra Janouchová (Heřmánková) Aegyptiaca Pontica: Old and New Evidence from the West Pontic Coast Mila Chacheva Consumers of Attic Pottery in the Western Black Sea Region Despoina Tsiafaki and Amalia Avramidou Inconspicuous Presence? Macedonians on the West Pontic Coast in the Early Hellenistic Period Margarit Damyanov, Emil Nankov and Daniela Stoyanova East Black Sea ‘Colchians Did Not Like to Write’: Reflections on Greek Epigraphy in the Eastern Black Sea Region and Its Hinterland David Braund The Other Greeks: The Achaei of the Western Caucasus Ioannis K. Xydopoulos General Pontic Greeks and Locals: Subterranean Dwellings Once Again Gocha R. Tsetskhladze The Roman Naval Strategy in the Black Sea in the 1st-3rd Centuries AD. Some Preliminary Considerations † Mihail Zahariade List of Contributors Contributions to this volume, covering all shores of the Black Sea, draw on a mix of archaeological evidence, epigraphy and written sources to explore the activities and characteristics of those that inhabited or colonised the Black Sea area, as well as those that visited, acted in, or influenced the region, from the archaic to Roman periods.