When I first lived in North Cyprus I had an apartment north of Famagusta, about five miles away, near the village of Agios Sergios/Yenibogazici. Close by were the ruins of the ancient Greco-Roman city of Salamis. I could walk there when I got home from work, sometimes swimming in the sea where I could see broken amphorae and even ancient Roman sarcophagi, their lids lying beside the two-thousand year old stone enclosures, long since relieved of their bodies. Salamis’s ancient necropolis had been inundated in an earthquake around the time of Augustus. In the waning light I took many pictures of the city’s ruins during my months there: the gymnasium (pictured here), the baths, the early Christian basilicas. History was so alive , and I had the time to enjoy the place in peace. There were rarely any visitors then, especially in the off season. It’s an odd thing to have your own Roman city to explore in after work, and even more special with a stunning seaside setting.