Scythia Minor

E254500
ancient region historical region

Scythia Minor was an ancient region on the western Black Sea coast, roughly corresponding to modern-day Dobruja in Romania and Bulgaria, known for its mix of Greek, Roman, and later Byzantine influences.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Scythia Minor canonical 4

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Black Sea ⓘ
capitalUnderRomanRule Tomis ⓘ
createdAsRomanProvinceUnder Diocletian ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Callatis archaeological site ⓘ
Histria archaeological site ⓘ
Tomis archaeological remains ⓘ
Adamclisi Tropaeum Traiani monument ⓘ
surface form: Tropaeum Traiani monument
hasMajorCity Troesmis ⓘ
surface form: Aegyssus

Axiopolis ⓘ
Callatis ⓘ
Durostorum ⓘ
Histria ⓘ
Noviodunum ⓘ
Odessos ⓘ
Tomis ⓘ
Adamclisi Tropaeum Traiani monument ⓘ
surface form: Tropaeum Traiani
inhabitedBy Getae ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
Scythians ⓘ
Thracians ⓘ
knownFor Byzantine influences ⓘ
Roman influences ⓘ
mix of Greek influences ⓘ
languageUsed Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Thracian ⓘ
laterReligionDominant Christianity ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Bulgaria ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
locatedOn Black Sea coast ⓘ
surface form: western coast of the Black Sea
neighboringRegion Moesia Inferior ⓘ
Black Sea ⓘ
surface form: Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea)
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Moesia ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
regionType coastal region ⓘ
religionPracticed Greek polytheism ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo Dobruja ⓘ
strategicImportance control of western Black Sea coast ⓘ
defense of Danube frontier ⓘ
timePeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman Imperial period
traversedBy Danube ⓘ
surface form: Danube River
wasByzantineTheme yes ⓘ
wasRomanProvince yes ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

John Cassian → birthPlace → Scythia Minor ⓘ
Tomis → locatedIn → Scythia Minor ⓘ
Moesia Inferior → laterReorganizedAs → Scythia Minor ⓘ
Getae → inhabitedRegion → Scythia Minor ⓘ