Pantikapaion

Pantikapaion

Παντικάπαιον (in Ancient Greek)
The prytaneion of Pantikapaion, second century BC. Kerch's Obelisk of Glory is visible in the background.
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Location	Kerch, Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Region	Taurica
Coordinates	45°21′3″N 36°28′7″E / 45.35083°N 36.46861°E / 45.35083; 36.46861
Type	Settlement
Area	100 ha (250 acres)
History
Builder	Settlers from Miletus
Founded	7th or 6th century BC
Abandoned	Approximately 370 AD
Periods	Archaic Greek
Cultures	Greek
Site notes
Condition	Ruined
Ownership	Public
Public access	Yes

Pantikapaion (Greek: Παντικάπαιον Pantikapaion, from Scythian *Pantikapa 'fish-path';^[1] Latin: Panticapaeum) 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.