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Kimmerikos Bosporos

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Strabo's appellation for the Cimmerian Bosphorus

Romanized Name(s):
Kimmerikos Bosporos

Name as attested:

Κιμμερικὸς Βόσπορος

Language:
Greek (ancient)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 7.4.5

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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