 According to Strabo, the Maeotians lived partly on fish and partly from agriculture but were as warlike as their nomadic neighbors.These wild hordes were sometimes tributary to the factor at the River Tanais (the present-day Don) and at other times to the Bosporani.In later times, especially under Pharnaces II, Asander, and Polemon I, the Bosporan Kingdom extended as far as the Tanais.