Tauri
Ancient people inhabiting Crimea in the 1st millennium BC / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Tauri (disambiguation).
The Tauri (/ˈtaʊəri/; Ταῦροι in Ancient Greek), or Taurians, also Scythotauri, Tauri Scythae, Tauroscythae (Pliny, H. N. 4.85) were an ancient people settled on the southern coast of the Crimea peninsula, inhabiting the Crimean Mountains in the 1st millennium BC and the narrow strip of land between the mountains and the Black Sea.[1] According to the sources, the Tauri (Tawri, Tanwri) were the first inhabitants of the Crimean peninsula and never abandoned its borders.[2] They gave their name to the peninsula, which was known in ancient times as Taurica, Taurida and Tauris.