The Bosporan Kingdom ( also known as the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus ) was an ancient state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula , on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus ( now known as the Strait of Kerch ) .
The Bosporan Kingdom ( often called Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus ) was an ancient empire , covering the Crimea and a lot of the north coast of the Black Sea .