Pantikapaion

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Pantikapaion is an ancient Greek city on the eastern Crimean Peninsula, historically a major center of the Bosporan Kingdom.

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instanceOf ancient Greek city
archaeological site
approximateFoundationCenturyBCE 7th century BCE
late 7th or early 6th century BCE
archaeologicalExcavationsBegan 19th century
associatedWithPeople Mithridates VI of Pontus
coinageMetal bronze
gold
silver
connectedBy maritime trade routes in the Black Sea
countryToday Russia-controlled Crimea (internationally recognized as part of Ukraine)
culture Ancient Greek
economyBasedOn craft production
fishing
grain trade
foundedBy Greek colonists from Miletus
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf acropolis
fortification walls
necropolis
residential quarters
temples
hasLanguage Ancient Greek
hasModernSuccessorCity Kerch
hasTypeOfGovernment Greek polis (city-state) in its early history
historicalRegion Northern Black Sea coast
laterControlledBy Kingdom of Pontus
Roman Empire (as a client region)
locatedIn Crimean Peninsula
linked to: Crimea

eastern Crimea
locatedInPresentDay Kerch
locatedOn Mount Mithridates
linked to: Mount Mithridat
minted its own coinage
namedAfter the Bosporus (Cimmerian Bosporus)
linked to: Cimmerian Bosporus
nearbyBodyOfWater Black Sea
Sea of Azov
overlooks Cimmerian Bosporus
partOf Bosporan Kingdom
primaryDeityCultEvidence Greek pantheon deities
region Taurica
roleInBosporanKingdom major cultural center
major economic center
major political center
servedAs capital of the Bosporan Kingdom
situatedOn western shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus
tradedWith Scythian tribes
linked to: Scythians

cities of the Aegean
other Greek cities around the Black Sea
UNESCOStatus on tentative lists and proposals related to ancient cities of the Northern Black Sea (context-dependent)

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Panticapaeum hasAlternativeName Pantikapaion