EPITOME ANNIVERSARY EDITION

History: Antiquity - Byzantium - Ottoman Rule - Displacement - Today.

Culture: folklore, customs, traditions, dances, songs, geography, church, arts, letters, etc.

This work begins with a reference to the region and then proceeds to a historical review from mythological times, prehistory, antiquity, Roman rule, the Byzantine period, Ottoman rule, and displacement, up to the modern era, with detailed references to customs and traditions, tradition, and culture in general.

This is a single-volume contemporary and timeless historical work about Pontus.

Contributors to the first edition:
General editing: Thanasis Georgiadis, editor - author
Polychronis Enepekidis, emeritus professor of History at the University of Vienna
Apostolos Vakalopoulos, emeritus professor of History at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Stathis Pelagidis, professor at the Pedagogical School of Florina, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Savvas Mavridis, PhD in Sociology
Paschalis Kitromilidis, professor at the University of Athens
Alexis G.K. Savvidis, Byzantinologist
Panagiotis Tanimanidis, theologian
Apostolos Karpozilos, professor of History at the University of Ioannina
Konstantinos Romaios, emeritus professor of Folklore at the University of Athens
Stefanos Papadopoulos, professor of History at the University of Ioannina
as well as other notable authors and historians, whose texts are also included in the epitome anniversary edition.