Editing Crimea (section)

===Ancient history===
{{further|Bosporan Kingdom|Greeks in pre-Roman Crimea|Crimea in the Roman era}}

The recorded history of Crimea begins around 5th century BCE when several [[Greeks in pre-Roman Crimea|Greek colonies]] were established on its [[Southern Coast (Crimea)|south coast]], the most important of which was [[Chersonesos]] near modern-day [[Sevastopol]], with [[Scythians]] and [[Tauri]] in the hinterland to the north. The Tauri gave the name the Tauric Peninsula, which Crimea was called into the [[early modern period]]. The southern coast gradually consolidated into the [[Bosporan Kingdom]] which was annexed by [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]] in Asia Minor and later became a [[client kingdom]] of [[Roman Crimea|Rome]] from 63 BCE to 341 CE.