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Ovid spent his years of banishment in which remote town on the Black Sea coast, now part of modern Romania?
Answer
Tomis
Ovid was exiled to Tomis, now the city of Constanța, where he remained until his death, writing poetry lamenting his separation from Rome.
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Ovid's banishment to the Black Sea by Emperor Augustus remains unexplained—historians still debate whether it was truly about his poetry or hidden political intrigue.
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- Byzantium
- Chersonesus
- Odessos
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