roman amphitheater and the ruins of the greek temple in chersonesus

500 according ago amphitheater ancient and approximately basilica bosporan byzantine called cathedral cherson chersonese chersonesos chersonesus chora church colony columns contracted crimean cultural democracy facts founded gagarin great greek heritage historic kingdom korsun latin legend medieval national neo orthodox part peninsula place pompeii preserve raion roman rome ruin ruins russia russian saint sea sevastopol site southwestern taurica the ukrainian unesco world years