Crimea

The Crimean Peninsular, also known as the Tauric Peninsular, is located between the north coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

The Crimea was known as Chersonesus Taurica and also went by the name of the Bosporan Kingdom.
The capital city was also called Chersonesus Taurica and also was known as Charax. It had a Fortress and Naval Base that controlled the Black Sea and the Kerch Strait.

The Kerch Strait is the body of water connecting the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov.
It is 22 miles (35km) long and 2 miles (3km) wide. The Romans called it the Cimmerianus Bosporus.
The Strait can ice over in winter and become blocked.

Between 8 BCE – 341 CE Rome made Chersonesus Taurica a Roman Client Kingdom.
In 14 BCE, King Aspurgus was officially accepted by Augustus and named by the Roman Senate as a Roman Client King and given the Roman name ‘Tiberius Julius’.
After his death in 38 CE his Dynastic Heirs continued reigning using the name ‘Tiberius Julius’ until 341 CE.
Chersonesus Taurica (Ruins) near Sevastopol, was the Capital City, but the name was extended to include the entire peninsular.

This Legion was based in nearby Moesia Inferior.
They sent detachments to maintain the Roman Fortress, Naval base and Roman City called Charax.

The Bosporan Kingdom was one of the Routes on the Silk Road.
In the Ancient World, trade passed out of China, through Afghanistan, down the River Oxus into both the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea.
The Volga discharges into the Caspian Sea. There is a short overland connection where the River Don passes close to the Volga.
The Don then flows through the Sea of Azov and into the Black Sea, past the Crimean Peninsular and its Port.

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