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The main idea of this article is to develop recent S. Yu. Monakhov’s (1997) conception concerning the possibility to attribute several types of amphorae (end of the IV-th — the first decades of the III-rd cent. B. C.), which were previously ascribed to Heracleia Pontica, but have a number of peculiarities uncommon for this center and resembling the Sinopean ones, to uncertain South-Pontic poleis.

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The barrow of Alexandropol — one of the largest Scythian imperial barrows in the region of the Black Sea. It is located near with. In 2004—2009 Scythian Steppe expedition of Institute of archeology NAS of Ukraine has lead repeated researches Alexandropol barrow. In result the following was established:

In Belozerskoe settlement at the mouth of the Dnieper excavations were conducted from 1991 and here, in a sector of c. 3000 m², were discovered objects of two building periods. In one of them, № 80, several amphoras were found, some with graffiti and dipinti, and also some other ware and black glaze pottery, and other materials. This structure belongs to the category of semi-ground, which were in use during the first building period.

A bronze olpe in which a hoard of cyzicenes was found in 2003 in Myrmekion is discussed. The vessel belongs to a group of biconical bronze olpai singled out by Thomas Weber as Type III. B and should be dated to the first half, or possibly the second quarter of the 5^th century BC (the hoard in the olpe was hidden in the second quarter of the 4^th century BC).

Article is devoted the publication of materials of the end VI — the beginnings of III B. C. from excavation of settlement Artjushchenko-2 in a southern part of Taman Peninsula. Settlement excavation was spent to 1998 by the Bosporus’ expedition of IIMK of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The carried out analysis of various groups of finds allows to define time of occurrence of settlement Artjushchenko-2 within the end VI — the beginnings of V centuries.

Deficiency of written sources on most ancient history of the Bosporus induces involving for reconstruction a archeological material which reflects scale historical processes. The analysis of development of Taman Peninsula by Greeks in VI—V B. C. results in a conclusion about division of this time interval into two periods.

The Barrow «Repyachovataya’s Tomb» was investigated in 1974 in Dnieper forest-steppe on Ukraine, contained two rich funeral complexes. In burial № 2 of Repyachovataya’s Tombs besides various stock of early Scythian shape are submitted the milesian amphora, the jug and the boiler of the Transcaucasian production. Because of this burial is a basic monument for chronology of early Scythian material culture.

This paper considers a group of statuary heads found in Britain. They all, whether made of marble or bronze, were parts of emperors’ sculptures but were cut off and thrown into the rivers (heads of Claudius and Hadrian are best-known). Motives of beheading these statues are uncertain. Some scholars (e. g. M. S. Sadovskaya) suggested that the heads were cut off by rebellious Britons. We offer another explanation based on several arguments. Firstly, rivers and springs, lakes and bogs were sacred places for Britons.

Die Analyse der Werke von Sallust zeigt, dass der Schriftsteller ignoriert den ökonomischen Faktor nicht, aber als negativ ihn betrachtet (vornehmlich avaritia). Er begrüsst ersichtlih ein Verzicht der Perser (sagenhaften Uhranen der Numidier) auf den Seehandlung (unverkennbar Einfluss der platonischen Ideen). Unglück der Römer wäre mit der Sehnsucht nach Geld beeinflusst (ökonomisch Faktor!). Sallust von Sallust nach, ambitio ist näher zu virtus, als avaritia.