Tomis

Constanţa (Tomis), Romania

Tomis (also called Tomi) was a Greek colony in the province of Scythia on the Black Sea's shore, founded around 500 BC for commercial exchanges with local Dacian populations. Probably the name is derived from Greek Τόμη meaning cut, section.

Greek Ruins of Tomis in Constanta, Photo: Denis Barthel (