- Kaspiane
Kaspiane, or Caspiane, was the land populated by the tribe of
Caspians , after whom it received its name. Originally a province ofMedes in the third-second centuries B.C., the land of the Caspians was conquered byArmenians in the 2nd century B.C., then passed toCaucasian Albania , and later became an independent state. In the second century A.D. it became known asPaytakaran , and after 387 A.D. became a part of the larger region ofBalasakan . [Robert H. Hewsen, Armenia: A Historical Atlas, University Of Chicago Press, 2000. ISBN 9780226332284]References
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