Panticapaeum

Panticapaeum (Greek: Παντικάπαιον, Pantikápaion) was an important city and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), situated on a hill (Mt. Mithridates) on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, founded by Milesians in the late 7th–early 6th century BC. It is now modern-day Kerch in Ukraine.