- Apasiacae
Ethnic group
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The Tanais River and the Greek colony of the same name, along with other Greek colonies along the north coast of the Black Sea.
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related=Apasiacae is the name of a nomadic tribe belonging to the
Scythian Massagetae. [History of Civilizations of Central Asia - Page 131 by Ahmad Hasan Dani] The Apasiacae lived in between of Oxus andTanais [The Histories - Page 221 by Polybius, William Roger Paton] [Polybius 10.48.1] , in the east coast of theAral Sea , since Tanais indisputably means here the Jaxartes river, or near the Oxus river in the west ofBactria [Strabo Geography 11.8.8] . The Parthian king Arsaces I fled to these people ca. 230 B.C. from Seleucus II Callinicus [ibid ] .Seleucid Empire
The Parthians with the Apasiacae carried out revolts which broke out to regions to west of the
Seleucid Empire and prevented the current war they were involved in. [History of Civilizations of Central Asia - Page 131 by Ahmad Hasan Dani]References
See also
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Scythians
*Syr Darya External links
* [http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v2f2/v2f2a024.html Apasiacae at Iranica.com]
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