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Borysthenes/Olbia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: David Braund

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Diane Braund

Last modified Feb 28, 2024 11:51 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

Commonly referred to as "Olbia Pontica" to distinguish it from multiple other ancient sites with the same name, the remains of this multi-period settlement are located immediately south of the modern Ukrainian village of Parutyne on the west bank of the Dnieper–Bug Estuary.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226546

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
46.6923856639, 31.9058567704

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of the archaeological site of Olbia (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Βορυσθένης (Borysthénēs: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Miletopolis (750 BC - AD 640)
- Olbia (750 BC - AD 640)
- Olbia Pontica (Latin, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Olbiopolis (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
Associated Modern Names:
- Парутино (Parutino: Russian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Парутине (Parutyne: Ukrainian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

Borysthenes/Olbia makes connections with:

Borysthenes/Olbia member of Delian League (550 BC - 330 BC)
Borysthenes/Olbia part of (administrative) Moesia Inferior (province) (30 BC - AD 300)
Borysthenes/Olbia part of (administrative) Pontus (330 BC - 30 BC)

Borysthenes/Olbia receives connections from:

Zakisovaia Balka located near Borysthenes/Olbia (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

Evidence:

Hdt. (Godley: Perseus) 4.78

See Further:

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 23 E2 Borysthenes/Olbia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Parutino

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Suggested citation:
David Braund, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Diane Braund, 'Borysthenes/Olbia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226546> [accessed: 22 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226546 |title=Places: 226546 (Borysthenes/Olbia) |author=Braund, D. |accessdate=April 22, 2025 2:26 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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