The book brings together and comprehensively examines the historical and geographical information of ancient authors on the Northern Black Sea region - from the mouth of the Danube to the Azov region. The reader gets acquainted with the cities and settlements, harbors and islands, temples and sanctuaries that existed here more than 2 thousand years ago. The author of the book provides a number of important paleogeographic reconstructions of individual areas for that era. They help to understand what changes in the geographical appearance of the Northern Black Sea region have occurred from those times to the present day. A general picture of the development of geographical knowledge about the Northern Black Sea region in ancient times is also given. The conclusions and observations of the author of the book allow him to propose a program of promising comprehensive historical, archaeological and paleogeographical research.

For geographers, historians, archaeologists and a wide range of readers.

Contents: IntroductionDescription of the Northern Black Sea region by ancient authorsCircle Pontus EuxineLower DanubeLower DniesterOlviysky districtCrimean coastConclusionLiteratureList of abbreviations