Tyras
Τύρας | |
Location | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine |
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Coordinates | 46°12′3″N 30°21′6″E / 46.20083°N 30.35167°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Builder | Settlers from Miletus |
Founded | Approximately 600 BC |
Abandoned | Late 4th century AD |
Periods | Archaic Greek to Roman Imperial |
Cultures | Greek, Roman |
Site notes | |
Condition | Ruined |
Ownership | Public |
Public access | Yes |
Tyras (
History
Of great importance in early times, in the 2nd century BC Tyras fell under the dominion of native kings whose names appear on its coins, and it was destroyed by the Getae about 50 BC.[1]
In 56 AD, it seems to have been restored by the
Indeed, the autonomous minting of coins in the city lasted from the time of the emperor Domitian (81 AD) up to the end of the reign of the emperor Alexander Severus (235 AD) with few breaks. The coins of Tyras of this period were of copper with the portraits of the members of the Imperial house for the province of the Roman Empire.
In Tyras was stationed a small unit of the Roman fleet, Classis Flavia Moesica.
Soon after the time of Alexander Severus, it was partially destroyed by the
Its government was in the hands of five archons, a senate, a popular assembly and a registrar. The images on its coins suggest a trade in wheat, wine and fish. The few inscriptions are also mostly concerned with trade.[1]
Remains of the city are scant, as its site has been covered by the great medieval fortress called by the Genoese Maurocastro (and later Akkerman/Cetatea Albă).[1]
See also
- List of Ancient Greek cities
References
- ^ a b c d Minns 1911.
- public domain: Minns, Ellis Hovell (1911). "Tyras". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 548. This work in turn cites:
- E. H. Minns. Scythians and Greeks (Cambridge, 1909)
- V. V. Latyshev, Inscriptiones Orae Septentrionalis Ponti Euxini, Volume I.
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Further reading
- ISBN 9789004120419.
- ISBN 9785770745313.