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<p>The Tauri , or Taurians, also Scythotauri, Tauri Scythae, Tauroscythae (<a href="/facts/Pliny_the_Elder/grx67ghR">Pliny</a>, <i>H. N.</i> 4.85) were an ancient people settled on the southern coast of the <a href="/facts/Crimea/GkM1qNVC">Crimea</a> peninsula, inhabiting the <a href="/facts/Crimean_Mountains/J4GsWAf5">Crimean Mountains</a> in the 1st millennium BC and the narrow strip of land between the mountains and the <a href="/facts/Black_Sea/M0rLKvge">Black Sea</a>. According to the sources, the Tauri were the first inhabitants of the Crimean peninsula and never abandoned its borders. They gave their name to the peninsula, which was known in ancient times as <i><a href="/facts/Taurica/u9gHKT83">Taurica</a></i>, <i>Taurida</i> and <i>Tauris</i>. </p>