The essays offered to the reader are devoted to the history of Tauric Chersonesos in the ancient era - from the second half of the VI century. BC e. To the first half of the VI century. AD e. The main stages of the historical development of Chersonesos, their features and characteristic features, the place of Chersonesos in the politics of the Pontic kingdom of Mithridates VI Eupator is shown, Roman and East Roman empires, on the one hand, and the late Scythian and Sarmatian population of the Northern Black Sea region, on the other. The appendices contain translations of the most interesting epigraphic monuments. For a wide range of readers.