Histria (ancient city) – Wikipedia 44°32′51″N 28°46′29″E

Histria or Istros (Ancient Greek: Ἰστρίη) was founded as a Greek colony or polis (πόλις, city) on the western coast of the Black Sea near the mouth of the Danube (known as Ister in Ancient Greek) whose banks are today about 70 km away. In antiquity, it also bore the names Istropolis, Istriopolis, and Histriopolis (Ἰστρόπολις, Ἰστρία πόλις) or simply Istros/Histros (Ἴστρος). It is now located on the inland shore of a Black Sea lagoon, Lake Sinoe, north of Năvodari and near the modern town of Istria, province of Dobruja, Romania. It may be considered the first urban settlement on today's...