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4 Old fragments of dishes Painting 3-5th century BC Olbia
It was founded in the 7th century B.C. by colonists from Miletus
Olbia and other Greek colonies along the north coast of the Black Sea in the 5th century B.C.
There is evidence that the town itself was laid out over a grid plan from the 6th century - one of the first after the town of Smyrna
By the later period of settlement, the city also included an acropolis and, from the 6th century B.C., a religious sanctuary
In the early 5th century, a temple to Apollo Delphinios was also built on the site
The first evidence of Greek settlement at the site comes from Berezan Island where pottery has been found dating from the late 7th century
It is not thought that the Berezan town survived until the 5th century B.C. when it was either absorbed into the growing Olbian settlement on the mainland
During the 5th century BCE, the colony was visited by Herodotus, who provides our best description of the city and its inhabitants from antiquity
It produced distinctive cast bronze money during the 5th century B.C. in both the form of circular tokens with Gorgon heads and unique coins in the shape of leaping dolphins
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