Constanta (pronunciation in
Romanian /kon'stan.?a/; historical names
Tomis,
Greek ???st??t?a or
Constantia,
Turkish Köstence,
Bulgarian ?????????) is the oldest living city from
Romania, the fourth largest (as of
2007),
[1] and the largest economy.
[citation needed] Constanta has the biggest harbour at the
Black Sea,
Port of Constanta, the
fourth largest from Europe
[citation needed], having the potential in the next few years to become the second in size from Europe, after
Rotterdam.
A number of inscriptions found in the town and its vicinity show that Constanta lies where once Tomis stood.
Tomis (also called Tomi) was a Greek colony in the province of Scythia Minor on the Black Sea's shore, founded around 500 BC for commercial exchanges with local Daco-Getic populations. Probably the name is derived from Greek ??µ? meaning cut, section.
According to the Bibliotheke it was founded by Aeetes
