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Rostovtzeff

American  
[ruh-stawf-tsef, -stof-] / rəˈstɔf tsɛf, -ˈstɒf- /

noun

  1. Michael Ivanovich 1870–1952, U.S. historian, born in Russia.

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By the late 1930s archaeologists, including a Yale team led by Michael Rostovtzeff, exposed at least a quarter of the city.

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