The Tauri , also Scythotauri, Tauri Scythae, Tauroscythae ([[Pliny], H. N. 4.85) were the a people settling on the southern coast of the Crimea peninsula, inhabiting the Crimean Mountains and the narrow strip of land between the mountains and the Black Sea. They gave their name to the peninsula, which was known in ancient times as Taurica, Taurida and Tauris.