tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post7029864211185506370..comments2024-03-27T09:04:12.454-07:00Comments on Baring the Aegis: On the ancient Hellenic city of OdessosElani Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-6363296899409561802022-01-02T07:33:47.909-08:002022-01-02T07:33:47.909-08:00yes, the ancient Odessos is the present-day Varna ...yes, the ancient Odessos is the present-day Varna in Bulgaria and not the modern Odessa in Ukraina. The map in the post should be corrected.marcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363171323101400910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-52394341222699619362016-04-19T14:05:12.147-07:002016-04-19T14:05:12.147-07:00The remark of centuries-long depopulation in the p...The remark of centuries-long depopulation in the post is presumably related to the Ukrainian Odessa. Varna first developed advanced culture in the Eneolithic, 7 millenia ago, before the Indo-European invasion. Since then, the settlement/city has changed hands many times and has been destroyed many times, but has been quickly rebuilt every time. With its suitable location, it is one of the "eternal cities".Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-26215159469866339822016-04-19T13:51:39.424-07:002016-04-19T13:51:39.424-07:00Corrections: The Bulgarian city of Varna, in antiq...Corrections: The Bulgarian city of Varna, in antiquity Odessos, at the western Black Sea coast, is quite unrelated to the Ukrainian city of Odessa at the northern Black Sea coast. From the Wikipedia page of Odessa:<br /><br />"The city was named in compliance with the Greek Plan of Catherine the Great. It was named after the ancient Greek city of Odessos, which was mistakenly believed to have been located here."<br /><br />The region of Odessos in the mid-6th century was badly depopulated by the Plague of Justinian. Invasions of Avars and Slavs are thought to have been a consequence rather than a cause of this depopulation.Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.com