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istros the case of istros may well provide a good example concerning the problem of the territories of the greek cities. 1 Founded by miletos in the mid 7th century BC or soon thereafter, 2 istros was settled on the gulf that later became the lagoon of razelm-Sinoe, after geomorphologic transformations changed the ancient landscape. 3 at the time of its foundation, istros probably had very little territory, since the emergence of a proper chora, according to the present archaeological testimony, seems to first have occurred two or three generations later. 4 The coming of the Greeks: the archaeological evidence Before the coming of the milesian colonists, the region between the Danube and the Black Sea (Dobruja) belonged to the diffusion area of the third phase of a middle hallstatt culture, named after the eponymous site, the Babadag culture. 5 archaeological research has revealed the fortified sites of Babadag and Beidaud as well as a number of unfortified settlements on both sides of the Danube, which belonged to this culture (Fig. 1). none of these settlements , however, were truly located on the coast. it is known that the end of the Babadag culture was violent, even if we are still ignorant of the circumstances and the exact date (perhaps the end of the 8th or more probably the beginning of the 7th century BC). accordingly, these sites, whether fortified or not, were destroyed. this destruction, however, seems not to have been related to the coming of the milesians, since, on the one hand, these settlements were not in the region which came to be included in the chora of istros and, on the other hand, nothing was found among these settlements which should be ascribed to the greeks. taking this preliminary result into account, the map of the rural sites which are to be assigned to the milesian colonisation after c. 600 BC is more than remarkable (Fig. 2). two archaic settlements are situated some 4-5 km from the city of istros. at histria-Pod, except for the horizon of the 4th century BC (on which more later), a layer quite rich in material belonging to the second half of the 6th century BC as well as a level from the end of the archaic period were revealed. 6 it is difficult to ascertain the character of this site. the same
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