Bosporan Kingdom

Bosporan Kingdom was a state in Russia and the Steppe (Europe) that lasted from c. 480 BCE to 370 CE, about 849 years. Its people spoke Greek languages (Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic, Byzantine, modern Greek).

Greek cities on the Kerch Strait formed a kingdom around 480 BCE, and under the Spartocid dynasty shipped steppe grain to Athens. Later a Roman client, it fell to the Huns around 370.

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Facts

Dates

c. 480 BCE to 370 CE

Duration

849 years

Type

State

Region

Russia and the Steppe, Europe

Language family

Greek

Capital

Panticapaeum

Events in Europe during its time

• 480 BCE Battle of Salamis
• 334 BCE Alexander invades Persia
• 218 BCE Hannibal crosses the Alps
• 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar
• 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
• 313 Edict of Milan
• 330 Constantinople dedicated

Neighbours in Europe

• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Empire of Alexander the Great 336 to 323 BCE
• Sparta c. 900 to 192 BCE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Etruscan civilization c. 720 to 90 BCE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa

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