Tanais

Tanais
Τάναϊς
Танаис
The archaeological park of Tanais. May 2017
Tanais is located in Rostov Oblast
Tanais
Shown within Rostov Oblast
Tanais is located in European Russia
Tanais
Tanais (European Russia)
LocationNedvigovka, Rostov Oblast, Russia
RegionMaeotian marshes
Coordinates47°16′8″N 39°20′6″E / 47.26889°N 39.33500°E / 47.26889; 39.33500
TypeSettlement
History
BuilderSettlers from Miletus
FoundedLate 3rd century BC
AbandonedSecond half of the 5th century AD
PeriodsHellenistic to Late Antiquity
CulturesGreek, Sarmatian
Site notes
ConditionRuined
OwnershipPublic
Public accessYes
Websitemuseum-tanais.ru
Relief from Tanais

Tanais (Greek: Τάναϊς Tánaïs; Russian: Танаис) was an ancient Greek city in the Don river delta, called the Maeotian marshes in classical antiquity. It was a bishopric as Tana and remains a Latin Catholic titular see as Tanais.