This volume focuses on the interaction of the city of Olbia and the population around it. Chapters consider the progress of archaeology at Olbia, Herodotus' account of Olbia and its environs, interaction between Greeks and non-Greeks, and Olbia's situation under the early Roman Empire.

Introduction ; The Main Results of the Excavations at Olbia in the past three Decades ; Criteria for the Presence of barbarians in the Population of Early Olbia ; Contacts between Greeks and Non-Greeks on the Lower Bug in the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BC ; Greater Olbia: Ethnic, Religious, Economic, and Political Interactions in the region of Olbia, c.600-100 BC ; Herodotus and Olbia ; Religious Interactions between Olbia and Scythia ; Trakhtemirov: A Fortified City Site on the Dnieper ; Olbian-Scythian Trade: Exchange Issues in the Sixth to fourth Centuries BC ; Social and Economic Issues in the Development of Steppe Scythia ; Dio Chrysostom's Construction of Olbia ; Olbia and the Barbarians from the First to the Fourth Century AD ; Roman Military Units in Olbia