Histria

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Roman settlement ancient Greek colony ancient city archaeological site

Histria is an ancient Greek colony and later Roman settlement on the Black Sea coast of present-day Romania, known as one of the oldest urban centers in the region and a major archaeological site.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Histria canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman settlement ⓘ
ancient Greek colony ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedByCentury 7th century AD (approximate) ⓘ
ancientName Ἴστρος (Istros) NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateFoundationCenturyBC 7th century BC ⓘ
considered one of the oldest urban centers in present-day Romania ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
declinePeriod Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy craft production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
excavatedBy Romanian archaeologists ⓘ
excavatedSince early 20th century ⓘ
foundedBy Greek colonists ⓘ
Milesians ⓘ
hasFeature basilicas ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
harbor facilities ⓘ
public baths ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
temples ⓘ
hasOnSiteMuseum yes ⓘ
hasType polis ⓘ
heritageStatus important archaeological reserve of Romania ⓘ
knownFor Greek inscriptions ⓘ
Roman inscriptions ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
coins ⓘ
rich archaeological remains ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
laterCulture Roman ⓘ
locatedIn Dobruja NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Danube Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sinoe Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Black Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernNameVariant Istros NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearModernSettlement Istria, Constanța County NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Roman province of Moesia Inferior NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient region of Scythia Minor ⓘ
region Northern Dobruja NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradedWith indigenous populations of the region ⓘ
other Greek colonies on the Black Sea ⓘ
underRuleOf Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

National Museum of History and Archaeology Constanța → hasCollectionFromSite → Histria ⓘ
Scythia Minor → hasMajorCity → Histria ⓘ