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Tomis

also: Tomitae, Tomitans

The half-Greek town on the western Black Sea coast (modern Constanța) to which Augustus relegated Ovid; a Milesian colony ringed by Getic and Sarmatian tribes.

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Mentioned in 2 works (6 total)

Sorrows poetry · 3 mentions
Letters from the Black Sea poetry · 3 mentions

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