Constanta, today a big port at the Black Sea, is the old town of Tomis. This town is the capital city of the county with the same name. It was founded by Greeks in the VI-th century B.C. It develop under the Roman domination when it received the name of Emperor Constantin. The Archaeological Museum has a rich collection of Roman statues. Two of them are special: the one of Fortuna Goddess and Pontos God, the two protectors of the town, and the one of Glicon Snake. All of them were discovered in 1962 under the old railway station, after they survived to the invasion of the Avars (the VII-th century A.C.). Also here the tourists can see a Roman mosaic and visit a hall dedicated to Ovidius, a Roman poet, who lived in exile in Tomis between 8 - 17 A.C. After it was destroyed the town was forgotten for 1200 years and only King Carol I gave it a new li...

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