Hersones Sevastopol Crimea.

History - the archeological reserve Khersonesus Tavricheskiy is known not only in our country, but far beyond as well. For many centuries this city was a large political, economic and cultural center on the Northern Black Sea coast. Khersonesus was a Greek colony, built in 422-421 BC. Several hundred years later people emigrated from Geraklea Pontiskaya, on the Asia Minor coast of the Black Sea. Khersonesus is located in the southwest part of Crimea, in a bay, which is currently referred to as Quarantine. Khersonesus gained a large section of the peninsula lying between Quarantine and Sand Bays within a few years of being built. (In Greek "Khersonesus" means peninsula). Farmers and craftsmen, doctors and sculptors, architects and artists, historians and poets once lived here. It was a republic, but with slavery, with a democratic form of government and the supreme body of state was the national assembly. Being a slave state resulted in a message of war from the citizens. In the 2nd century BC a long, bloody war was fought and Khersonesus was compelled to use the help of the King Pontia Mitridat VI Evpator (??). A large group led by Commander Diofant was directed to Crimea. Skiffs (boats) were used to raid and Khersonesus fell and claimed by the Mitridat power. Since then the city has been in constant dependence from its stronger neighbors. In the first century BC Khersonesus lost its democratic form of government, becoming dependent upon the Roman empire and long served them as the key advance post against aggressive politics on Northern Black Sea coast

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