How the Romans Annexed Crimea

In 106 BC, the Greek Bosporan Kingdom, with its capital at Panticapaeum (modern-day Kerch) and Chersonesus, became part of another Hellenistic state, the Pontic Kingdom, along with a significant part of Crimea (Taurica). As a result of a military campaign. The Pontic State, dominating Asia Minor then, hindered Rome’s expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean. From 89 BC, a series of bloody Mithridatic Wars began between Pontus and Rome, in which some Black Sea tribes, including the Scythians and Sarmatians, participated on the side of Mithridates of Pontus. During the First Mithridatic War (89–85 BC), the Bosporus broke away from the Pontic state but was soon returned under Mithridates’ control after the defeat of the Bosporan army. <a href="https://medium.com/@ancient.rome/how-the-romans-annexed-crimea-5f5f04634344">Website</a>