Kimmerikon

Kimmerikon

, but some measure of urban settlement persisted until the end of the Roman era. The site was excavated by Soviet archaeologists in 1927, 1947-49, and 1950-51.

References

*"The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites" (eds. Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister).


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