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Euxine Sea

British  
/ ˈjuːksaɪn /

noun

  1. an ancient name for the Black Sea

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SCYTHIA, a large country, now properly Crim Tartary; in ancient geography divided in Scythia Asiatica, on either side of Mount Imaus; and Scythia Europæa, about the Euxine Sea and the Mæotic Lake.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

Which is to be Suzerain in fee, O'er all Europe's tracts, that sunder The Baltic from the Euxine Sea.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Its natural boundaries were the Niester, the Teyss or Tibiscus, the Lower Danube, and the Euxine Sea.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Milman, Henry Hart

The bridge was situated about the middle of the Bosporus; and as the strait itself is about eighteen miles long, it was nine miles from the bridge to the Euxine Sea.

From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

From Egypt to the Euxine Sea, the bishops were in arms and in motion.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Milman, Henry Hart

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