Bosporan Kingdom was located between the Crimean and Taman peninsulas centered around the Kerch Strait, known in antiquity as the Cimmerian Bosporus, from where the kingdom's name is derived.
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Bosporan Kingdom was succeeded jointly by his two sons, Spartocus II, and Paerisades; Spartocus died in 342 BC, allowing Paerisades to reign alone until 310 BC.
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Bosporan Kingdom's eldest living son, Machares, regent of Cimmerian Bosporus, was unwilling to aid his father, so Mithridates had Machares killed, acquiring the throne for himself.
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However, after Caesar's death in 44 BC, the Bosporan Kingdom was restored to Asander and Dynamis by Caesar's great nephew and heir Octavian.
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Bosporan Kingdom of Aspurgus was a client state of the Roman Empire, protected by Roman garrisons.
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Bosporan Kingdom kings struck coinage throughout its period as a client state, which included gold staters bearing portraits of both the Roman emperor and Bosporan Kingdom king.
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Bosporan Kingdom covered the eastern half of Crimea and the Taman peninsula, and extended along the east coast of the Maeotian marshes to Tanais at the mouth of the Don in the north-east, a great market for trade with the interior.
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The Bosporan Kingdom was incorporated as part of the Roman province of Moesia Inferior from 63 to 68.
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The Gothic Bosporan Kingdom realm was likely a vassal of the Hunnic Empire for some time, though became independent again following its collapse in the 450s and 460s.
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Bosporan Kingdom cities enjoyed a revival, under Byzantine and Bulgarian protection.
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