Periplus Ponti Euxini
by Arrian
Periplus Ponti Euxini is Arrian of Nicomedia's guide to the Black Sea coast, written in Greek in AD 130 to 131 as a letter to the emperor Hadrian. It surveys the coast from Trapezus to Byzantium, giving distances and harbours. Printed Latin editions date from at least 1577.
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Periplus Ponti Euxini by Arrian was first published in 1577.
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