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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Label Occurrences
Pantikapaion canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ