Sam Topalidis 2021 Xenophon, an Athenian, was one of the Greek mercenaries who were hired by Cyrus to usurp the crown of Cyrus’ brother, Artaxerxes II, […]
Sam Topalidis (Pontic Historian) 2019 Historical Background From the 7th century BC, Pontos (northeast corner of Anatolia near the Black Sea) had several Greek settlements (Topalidis 2019). After […]
Sam Topalidis1 and Russell McCaskie2 2018 (1Pontic Historian, 2Research Associate) Introduction Little has been written in English on life in the Trabzon region (Figure 1) on […]
Sam Topalidis (sam.topalidis@bigpond.com) (Pontic Historian) Miletos Colonising Pontos The Greeks were probably familiar with the Black Sea by at least the 8th century BC. Greek mythology links Greek […]
