▁A ▁large ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁population ▁was ▁eth n ically ▁S cy th ian , ▁later ▁S arm at ian , ▁as ▁the ▁large ▁royal ▁bar row ▁( K urg an ) ▁at ▁K ul - O ba ▁test ifies . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁century ▁AD ▁P antic ap ae um ▁and ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Bos por us ▁suffered ▁from ▁Ost rog oth ▁ra ids ; ▁then ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁dev ast ated ▁by ▁the ▁H uns ▁in ▁AD ▁ 3 7 5 . ▁ ▁My r me k ion ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Ker ch , ▁ 4   km ▁NE ▁of ▁ancient ▁P antic ap ae um . ▁The ▁settlement ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁I oni ans ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁c . ▁BC . ▁ ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁▁ ▁From ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁century ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁under ▁the ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁By z antine ▁Empire . ▁By ▁order ▁of ▁Emperor ▁Justin ian ▁I , ▁a ▁cit adel ▁named ▁Bos por ▁was ▁built ▁there . ▁Bos por ▁was ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁a ▁bishop ric , ▁the ▁dioc ese ▁of ▁Bos por us ▁and ▁developed ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Greek ▁Christian ity . ▁In ▁ 5 7 6 , ▁it ▁with stood ▁a ▁sie ge ▁by ▁the ▁Gö kt ür ks ▁under ▁B ok han , ▁a ided ▁by ▁An ag ai , ▁the ▁last ▁k han ▁( r uler ) ▁of ▁the ▁Ut urg urs