Tauri
An ancient people who inhabited the Crimean Mountains.
Noun
- An ancient people who inhabited the Crimean Mountains.
- Who these Tauri were is a question of some difficulty. Strabo calls them a Scythian people, but Herodotus clearly distinguishes the Tauri from the Scythians, as being a different nation. - 1850, Charles Anthon,...
Synonyms: Taurians
Origin
From Latin Taurī, from Ancient Greek Ταῦροι (Taûroi).