Happy City in the War

Olbia is one of the main centers of the Greek colonization of the Northern Black Sea region. Military history and military work of this colony have never been a subject of special scientific research. The monograph for the first time illuminates these most important issues of the development of the ancient Greek city -state on the edge of the oycumen from the moment there was to death under the onslaught of barbaric tribes (VI century BC - IV century. All available data of ancient historians about the military history of Olbia (Herodotus, Strabo, Dion Chrysosta, etc), as well as archaeological materials regarding the city and its districts, are analyzed. The monograph is designed for all those interested in the military history of the distant past of Southeast Europe