The ancient Greeks in Ukraine

PAP - Science and Scholarship in Poland ^ | November 13, 2015 | unattributed

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By using aerial photographs and geophysical surveys, Warsaw archaeologists not only confirmed the location of settlement dating back more than two thousand years in Respublikaniec (Kherson Oblast), but also discovered previously unknown structures in its area...

Archaeologists determined that the settlement was probably founded in the 2nd century BC. Researchers also discovered the exact outline of its fortifications -- defensive walls and ditches. In addition to defensive functions, the place also served as a venue of trade between residents of the Dnieper steppes and the ancient world, represented by the nearby Greek colony -- Olbia. The settlement could also have played a role in securing the waterway up the Dnieper...

Aerial photos taken using a kite and GPS measurements allowed the archaeologists to quickly and precisely prepare the site plan. In turn, geophysical surveys allowed to discover a number of magnetic anomalies and resistance fluctuations within the settlement, which may indicate the existence of infrastructure elements below the surface. Next year, the archaeologists intend to carry out excavations in the most promising areas detected by this technology...

Research in Respublikaniec is currently the only work being done in Ukraine by archaeologists from the University of Warsaw. Earlier Polish work took place mainly in the area occupied by the Russians, Crimean peninsula (including the sites in the vicinity of Balaklava and Kerch). Settlements from this period in the area of southern and south-western Ukraine are also a target of excavations of archaeologists from the Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznaÆ’ and the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kiev, who are studying the fortresses in the region of Podolia.

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The Romans also conquered or settled extensively on the north shore of the Black Sea. The poet Ovid was exiled to an across-the-Danube podunk in what is now Romania.

Exile of Ovid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_of_Ovid

The Roman Empire: in the First Century. The Roman Empire. Writers. Ovid | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/ovid.html

Ovid
Poems from Exile
Translated by A. S. Kline
http://www.google.com/search?q=Ovid+in+exile

Augustus Caesar and the Exile of Ovid: a Mystery Revisited
Jean Noel Tribolo  
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
http://romanarcheo.blogspot.com/2012/10/augustus-caesar-and-exile-of-ovid.html

Augustus Caesar and the Exile of Ovid: a Mystery Revisited
By Christopher Villeseche
October 15, 2012
http://www.historyoftheancientworld.com/2012/10/augustus-caesar-and-the-exile-of-ovid-a-mystery-revisited/

Map:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augusto_30aC_-_6dC_55%25CS_jpg.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Augusto_30aC_-_6dC_55%25CS_jpg.JPG

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[bunkerhill7]

tHE GRRReEKS WENT everywhere, even where the sun only shines one hour a day. [Roman historians] sory hiccups

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The emperor Justinian II was overthrown in 695 and exiled to Cherson/Chersonesus in the Crimean peninsula. He later regained the throne and ruled from 705 to 711.

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Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek by Barry Cunliffe	Travel in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson	The Ancient Mariners by Lionel Casson

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Thanks VR!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Augusto_30aC_-_6dC_55%25CS_jpg.JPG

[Grimmy]

Every body* knows that the pre-historic peoples known as the Greeks migrated down from the area now called Scandinavia at the end of the Climatic Maximum.

The Hellenes went by land and the Dorics by sea.

Read it in a book so it has to be true!

* hehehe