Kimmerikon
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 30, 2022 01:36 PM
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History
Kimmerikon was an ancient Greek colony in the Crimea located on the Kerch peninsula. The city was founded by Milesian colonists in the fifth century BC.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/854696
45.042315, 36.22459
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 4135 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Chimerivm (Chimerium: Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Κιμμερικὸν (Kimmerikon: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Kimmerikon connection Taurike Chersonesos (unspecified date range)
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settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 87 K2 Kimmerikon
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Opuk UKR
David Braund, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, and Tom Elliott, 'Kimmerikon: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/854696> [accessed: 27 March 2025]
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