Asturicani

The Asturicani are a tribe mentioned by Ptolemy (v. 9. § 7) as dwelling adjacent to the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea). A source cited this tribe as one of those located in Anatolia along with Ancyra, Balbura, and Carura, among others.^[1] The settlement's believed proximity to the Sea of Azov also William Smith equates them with the Aspurgiani. There are scholars who explain that this association could be based on the way the settlement may not be a tribe but a political party or a military colony.^[2] Aspurgiani is also believed to be the same.

References

^ LIÉBANA, Francisco (2014). Indoeuropeos, iberos, vascos y otros parientes. Salamanca, Spain: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. p. 59. ISBN 9788490123973.
^ Minns, Ellis (2011). Scythians and Greeks: A Survey of Ancient History and Archaeology on the North Coast of the Euxine from the Danube to the Caucasus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 128. ISBN 9781108024877.

Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1857).

[1] LIÉBANA, Francisco (2014). Indoeuropeos, iberos, vascos y otros parientes. Salamanca, Spain: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. p. 59. ISBN 9788490123973.

[2] Minns, Ellis (2011). Scythians and Greeks: A Survey of Ancient History and Archaeology on the North Coast of the Euxine from the Danube to the Caucasus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 128. ISBN 9781108024877.

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