place
Aegisos
An old fortified town on the lower Danube (the Hister) near Tomis, said to have been founded by an eponymous Caspian; scene of Getic fighting in Ovid's exile.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.8 Caspian Aegisos
Aegisos, a fortified town on the lower Danube, said to take its name from a Caspian founder; recently stormed by the Getae in Ovid's hearing.