Nikonion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund
Creators: David Braund
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Feb 28, 2022 03:40 PM
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History
Nikonion received a sixth-century B.C. colony from either Miletos or Istros. It was assessed tribute by the Delian League in 425/4 B.C. Authors such as Pseudo-Skylax refer to the site as a polis in the urban sense. The colony was under the protection of the Skythian king Skyles. The ancient city was located on the on east bank of the Dniester river where Roksolany, Ukraine, is now located.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226697
46.174801, 30.4585
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Roksolany (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Νικωνία (ἡ) (Nikonia: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Nikonion (550 BC - AD 640)
- Nikonion located on Tyras (river) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 23 D2 Nikonion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Roksolanskoye
David Braund, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, and Tom Elliott, 'Nikonion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226697> [accessed: 20 April 2024]
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