ancient city of Tomis

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Greek colony Roman city ancient city port city settlement on the Black Sea

The ancient city of Tomis was a major Greek and later Roman port on the western Black Sea coast, known today as Constanța in Romania and famed as the place of the poet Ovid’s exile.

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Label	Occurrences
ancient city of Tomis canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek colony ⓘ Roman city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ port city ⓘ settlement on the Black Sea ⓘ
approximateExileDateOfOvid	AD 8 ⓘ
associatedWith	Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWork	Epistulae ex Ponto NERFINISHED ⓘ Tristia NERFINISHED ⓘ
coastType	Black Sea coast ⓘ
countryDuringRomanPeriod	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ Roman ⓘ
economyBasedOn	commerce with Black Sea and Danubian regions ⓘ fishing ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
era	Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman Imperial period ⓘ
foundedAs	Greek colony ⓘ
greekName	Τόμις NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsIn	Constanța NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	city walls ⓘ harbor ⓘ public buildings ⓘ
knownFor	Greek and Roman maritime trade ⓘ being the place of Ovid’s exile ⓘ strategic position on the Black Sea ⓘ
languageInUse	Ancient Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
laterReligionPracticed	early Christianity ⓘ
locatedIn	Dobruja NERFINISHED ⓘ Scythia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Constanța NERFINISHED ⓘ Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	western coast of the Black Sea ⓘ
modernCountry	Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernName	Constanța NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePeriod	time of Ovid’s exile under Augustus ⓘ
partOf	Roman province of Moesia Inferior NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionInAntiquity	Scythia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionPracticed	Roman paganism ⓘ ancient Greek polytheism ⓘ
romanName	Tomis NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedAs	provincial center in Scythia Minor ⓘ
significance	important commercial center in antiquity ⓘ major port on the western Black Sea coast ⓘ

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Roman Mosaic Edifice → partOf → ancient city of Tomis ⓘ