Asturicani

Asturicani

The Asturicani are a tribe mentioned by Ptolemy (v. 9. § 7) as dwelling adjacent to the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea). William Smith equates them with the Aspurgiani.

References

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


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