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The Romans in Pantikapaion

The Romans in Pantikapaion THE ROMANS IN PANTIKAPAION* MICHAIL YU. TREISTER (Moscow) The problem of the Roman presence in the North Pontic area, in particular the Bosporus, was not but once discussed in the Russian and foreign literature and belongs to the row of the rather well studied themes.' 1 The data of onomastics are, perhaps, the most reliable source for the given topic Among the earlier published artefacts of Italic or Provincial-Roman origin, found in Kerch, one should suppose to find both trade items and personal objects. The criteria of their division are not defined, and they can hardly exist as a rule. From that point of view archaeological material represents an extremely complicated and inadequate source. Thus, for instance, the analysis of the Italic artefacts and coins, found in Dacia, proves that the Italic mer- chants had dominated there already two centuries before the country was con- quered by the Romans, whereas the ways of bronze articles penetration vary from those of amphoras and pottery. The facilitation of the Roman trade presence in Dacia is explained by the increasing safety of the routes between North Italy and the Danubian region since the time of Augustus.3 Let us try to analyse http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia Brill

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Brill
Copyright
© 1996 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0929-077X
eISSN
1570-0577
DOI
10.1163/157005795X00083
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Abstract

THE ROMANS IN PANTIKAPAION* MICHAIL YU. TREISTER (Moscow) The problem of the Roman presence in the North Pontic area, in particular the Bosporus, was not but once discussed in the Russian and foreign literature and belongs to the row of the rather well studied themes.' 1 The data of onomastics are, perhaps, the most reliable source for the given topic Among the earlier published artefacts of Italic or Provincial-Roman origin, found in Kerch, one should suppose to find both trade items and personal objects. The criteria of their division are not defined, and they can hardly exist as a rule. From that point of view archaeological material represents an extremely complicated and inadequate source. Thus, for instance, the analysis of the Italic artefacts and coins, found in Dacia, proves that the Italic mer- chants had dominated there already two centuries before the country was con- quered by the Romans, whereas the ways of bronze articles penetration vary from those of amphoras and pottery. The facilitation of the Roman trade presence in Dacia is explained by the increasing safety of the routes between North Italy and the Danubian region since the time of Augustus.3 Let us try to analyse

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Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to SiberiaBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1996

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