Panticapaeum
Sign in to savePantikapaion ( , from Scythian 'fish-path'; ) was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city lay on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, and was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC, on a hill later named Mount Mithridat. Its ruins now lie in the modern city of Kerch.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Pantikapaion
- Ancient site.native_name
- Παντικάπαιον
- Ancient site.image
- Архітектурно-археологічний комплекс «Стародавнє місто Пантікапей».JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- The prytaneion of Pantikapaion, second century BC. Kerch's Obelisk of Glory is visible in the background.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Crimea#Black Sea
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Kerch, Autonomous Republic of Crimea
- Ancient site.region
- Taurica
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.builder
- Settlers from Miletus
- Ancient site.built
- 7th or 6th century BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- Approximately 370 AD
- Ancient site.epochs
- Archaic Greek
- Ancient site.cultures
- Greek
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
- Ancient site.ownership
- Public
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Early existence
- Fifth to first centuries BC
- Mithridates
- First centuries AD
- Jewish community
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pantikapaion ( , from Scythian 'fish-path'; ) was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city lay on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, and was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC, on a hill later named Mount Mithridat. Its ruins now lie in the modern city of Kerch.
==Early existence==