Ancient Crimea

thumb|Roman fresco of Iphigenia, from Magdalensberg

Greco-Scythian state near Sea of Azov (c.438 BC–c.527 AD)

thumb|upright=1.5|The Roman empire under Hadrian (ruled 117–138), showing the location of the Roxolani Sarmatians in the [[Wallachian plain (Romania)]] The Roxolani or Rhoxolāni ( , ; ) were a Sarmatian people documented between the 2nd century BC and the 4th century AD, first east of the Borysthenes (Dnieper) on the coast of Lake Maeotis (Sea of Azov), and later near the borders of Roman Dacia and Moesia. They are believed to be an offshoot of the Alans.

thumb|right|300px|Map of the Roman empire under Hadrian (ruled 117–38 AD), showing the location of the Chersonnesos Taurike (Crimean peninsula), the home of the Tauri The Tauri (; in Ancient Greek), or Taurians, also Scythotauri, Tauri Scythae, Tauroscythae (Pliny, H. N. 4.85) were an ancient people settled on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula, inhabiting the Crimean Mountains in the 1st millennium BC and the narrow strip of land between the mountains and the Black Sea. According to the sources, the Tauri were the first inhabitants of the Crimean peninsula and never abandoned its bo

human settlement in Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, Ukraine

thumb|200px|The supposed tomb of Skilurus in Scythian Neapolis Skilurus, or Scylurus, was a renowned Scythian king reigning during the 2nd century BC. His realm included the lower reaches of the Borysthenes and Hypanis, as well as the northern part of Crimea, where his capital, Scythian Neapolis, was situated.

thumb|Electrum vase from the Kul-Oba [[kurgan, 2nd half of 4th century BC. (Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg)]] thumb|350px|Scythians, drawing of figures on the vase above thumb|Gold pieces from Kul-Oba Kul-Oba (; , ; meaning "hill of ash" in Crimean Tatar) is an ancient archaeological site, a Scythian burial tumulus now called the Royal Kurgan, located near Kerch in eastern Crimea, on the right side of the M25 road to Feodosiya.

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mythical king of Tauris

Roman Crimea (47 BC to c. 340 AD)

3rd century people in the northern Sea of ​​Azov and Black Sea area

Gordas (), also known as Grod, was a prince of the Crimean Huns.

Tasius is the name given by Strabo to the king of the Rhoxolani, a Sarmatian tribal group. Around 100 BCE, Tasius led an invasion of Crimea in support of the Scythian warlord Palacus. He was defeated by the Pontian general Diophantus.