Panticapaeum
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Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city
→
archaeological site → |
| capitalOf |
Bosporan Kingdom
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|
| coordinateRegion |
eastern Crimea
→
|
| country |
Bosporan Kingdom
→
|
| culture |
Ancient Greek
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|
| economy |
craft production
→
fish trade → grain trade → wine trade → |
| founder |
Greek colonists from Miletus
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|
| function |
political center
→
port city → trading center → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Panticapaion
→
Pantikapaion → |
| hasArchaeologicalFind |
coins
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inscriptions → pottery → sculpture → |
| hasNameInGreek |
Παντικάπαιον
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|
| hasSiteType |
acropolis
→
fortifications → necropolis → |
| hasTopography |
hilltop site
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|
| heritageDesignation |
archaeological monument
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|
| knownFor |
Hellenistic architecture
→
coinage of the Bosporan Kingdom → role in Black Sea trade → |
| locatedIn |
Black Sea region
→
Crimea → Kerch → |
| locatedOn |
Cimmerian Bosporus
→
Crimean Peninsula → |
| modernCountryClaim |
Russia
→
Ukraine → |
| modernLocation |
Kerch
→
|
| near |
Strait of Kerch
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|
| partOf |
Bosporan Kingdom
→
ancient Greek colonization of the Black Sea → |
| religion |
ancient Greek religion
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|
| significantPeriod |
Classical antiquity
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Hellenistic period → Roman period → |
| tradedWith |
Asia Minor
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Greek mainland → Scythian tribes → |
| usedLanguage |
Ancient Greek
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|
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Kerch
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ancientName |
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Kingdom of the Bosporus
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|
capital |
|
Mithridates VI Eupator
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deathPlace |
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Kerch Historical and Archaeological Museum
→
|
locatedInCityWithAncientName |
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Mount Mithridat
("ancient city of Panticapaeum")
→
|
wasSiteOf |