Various pokedoodles, happy noodle baby, fusions, and monhun.

Feels like a collage of me

138-foot Motoryacht ‘Istros’

Restauration by Feadship with Interiors by Van Geest Design

Photographs: Guillaume Plisson

Istroromânii. Zece veacuri de singurătate

De ce pleacă oamenii, când pleacă? Nu de foame, ci de frică, spun psihologii. Frica e mai tare ca foamea. Dacă ne uităm pe o hartă a umbletului omului pe mare şi pe uscat, vedem cum frica l-a mânat de la spate. Poate aşa s-a întâmplat şi cu istroromânii, dar ei nu-şi mai aduc aminte. Nu mai ştiu de ce au încărcat carele acum o mie de ani şi au pornit spre apus. Nici cum au ajuns în munţii…

Cultivaţi aceste lucruri copiilor şi nepoţilor voştri.

harta lui Ptolemeu

Dacii sunt singurul popor din antichitate pe care documentele antice, ca şi arheologia, îi consemnează ca autohtoni.

În timp ce ionienii, aheii, dorienii, etruscii, romanii şi celelalte popoare italice sunt „venite de undeva”, în timp ce ungurii, bulgarii, ca şi popoarele celtice, germane şi slave s-au preumblat mult până ce şi-au găsit un popas nici o atestare documentară…

Histria, Romania

Histria or Istros was a Greek colony or polis near the mouths of the Danube, on the western coast of the Black Sea. Established by Milesian settlers in order to facilitate trade with the native Getae, it is considered the oldest urban settlement on Romanian territory. Scymnus of Chios (c. 110 BC), dated its founding to 630 BC, while Eusebius of Caesarea set it during the time of the 33rd Olympic Games (657 – 656 BC). The earliest documented currency on Romanian territory was an 8 gram silver drachma, issued by the city around 480 BC.

During the archaic and classical periods, when Histria flourished, it was situated near fertile arable land. It served as a port of trade soon after its establishment, with fishing and agriculture as additional sources of income. By 100 AD, however, fishing had become the main source of Istrian revenue.

Around 30 AD, Histria came under Roman domination. During the Roman period from the 1st to 3rd centuries AD, temples were built for the Roman gods, besides a public bath and houses for the wealthy. Altogether, it was in continuous existence for some 14 centuries, starting with the Greek period up to the Roman-Byzantine period. The Halmyris bay where was the city founded was closed by sand deposits and access to the Black Sea gradually was cut. Trade continued until the 6th century AD. The invasion of the Avars and the Slavs in the 7th century AD almost entirely destroyed the fortress, and the Istrians dispersed; the name and the city disappeared.

Drachm from Istros, Moesia c. 400 BC

Ancient Istros (Histria) was a Greek colony on the Black Sea coast, established by Milesian settlers near the strategic Danube Delta. It became the first Greek town on the present day Romanian territory. Istros was the ancient Thracian name for the Danube, Europe's second longest river.

The coins show two male heads, one being inverted. On the reverse ΙΣΤΡΙΗ is written over an eagle grasping a dolphin in its talons; the letter A is below.