ancient Odessos

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Greek colony ancient city port city settlement on the Black Sea

Ancient Odessos was a major Greek-founded port city on the Black Sea coast, located where the modern Bulgarian city of Varna now stands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
ancient Odessos canonical	1
ancient city of Odessos	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek colony ⓘ ancient city ⓘ port city ⓘ settlement on the Black Sea ⓘ
coastType	western Black Sea littoral ⓘ
connectedBy	Black Sea maritime routes ⓘ
connectedTo	Aegean Sea ports ⓘ other Greek colonies on the Black Sea ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
countryNow	Bulgaria ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ Hellenistic ⓘ Thracian-Greek ⓘ
foundedBy	Greek colonists ⓘ Ionians ⓘ surface form: Milesian Greeks
hasArchaeologicalSite	Odessos archaeological remains in Varna ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	craft production ⓘ fishing ⓘ seaborne trade ⓘ
hasRole	major port city ⓘ regional hub between Greek world and Thrace ⓘ trade center ⓘ
knownFor	commercial importance ⓘ harbor ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ strategic location on Black Sea routes ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Black Sea coast ⓘ present-day Bulgaria ⓘ present-day Varna ⓘ region of Thrace ⓘ
locatedOn	western Black Sea ⓘ
modernName	Varna ⓘ
modernSuccessor	Varna ⓘ
neighboringPeoples	Thracians ⓘ
partOf	Northern Black Sea Greek colonies ⓘ surface form: Greek Black Sea colonies Pontic Greek world ⓘ
presentIn	Varna archaeological museum collections ⓘ
presentInCountry	Bulgaria ⓘ surface form: Republic of Bulgaria
regionFunction	link between Aegean and Black Sea trade ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod	Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
underRuleOf	Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids ⓘ surface form: Macedonian kingdom Roman Empire ⓘ Thracian rulers ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Varna → hasPredecessorSettlement → ancient Odessos ⓘ

Roman Thermae of Odessos → locatedIn → ancient Odessos ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Odessos