David Robinson was an excavator whose work in Olynthos is still consulted by archaeologists today. In this piece he gives an account of the remains at the site of ancient Sinope and its history. Sinope has a long and rich history of settlement due to its location on the Black Sea, a major trading hub between Europe and Asia. Occupied by Hittites, Greeks, Romans, Persians, and Ottomans, it is a key city in understanding the patterns of trade from antiquity to the early modern era.. Robinson's paper provides information on the site of particular interest to Classicists, particularly in today's atmosphere of interest in inter cultural contact and trade between Greece, Rome, and the 'barbarian' world.