Kimmerikon

Kimmerikón (

Cimmerian

settlement on the site.

Kimmerikon was an important stronghold defending the most important and highly populated part of the

Justinian I, after re-establishing Byzantine sovereignty in the Cimmerian Bosporus in the mid-6th century, did not restore the fortress, which seems to have lost its role as a guardian of the borders.^[4]

Kimmerikon should not be confused with the Tatar town of

Kirim

founded approximately a 1,000 years following the demise of the city and 55 miles (88 km) due west.

The site was excavated by Soviet archaeologists in 1927, 1947–49, and 1950–51; the Kerch Museum contains material from the site.

References

^ Mongait, A. L. Archaeology in the USSR. Tr. M. W. Thompson. London, 1961, p. 208
^ For a diagram of a building remains of the city, see "Problemi Della Chora Coloniale Dall'Occidente Al Mar Nero", Istituto per la Storia E L'Archeologia, Della Magna Grecia, Taranto, 2001, September 29 - October 3, 2000, p. 642, fig. 2
^ Golenko, Vl.K., “Kimmerikon”, in Grammenos, D.V. – Petropoulos, E.K. (eds.), Ancient Greek Colonies in the Black Sea 2 (British Archaeological Reports International Series 1675.2, Oxford 2007), pp. 1066-1067
^ "Cimmericon". Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μείζονος Ελληνισμού, Εύξεινος Πόντος. Retrieved 30 December 2018.