Aspurgiani

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The Aspurgiani (

Palus Maeotis in antiquity. They seem to be identical with the "Asturicani" of Ptolemy
(v. 9. § 7).

The Aspurgiani inhabited the region called

Roman Emperor Augustus, attempted to subdue; however, they took him prisoner and put him to death. (Strab. xi. p. 495, xii. p. 556; Steph. B.
s. v.; see Ritter's speculations on the name, in connection with the origin of the name of Asia, Vorhalle, pp. 296, foil.).

Scholars often attribute artifacts found in the Bosporus and Gorgippia, which featured the

Aspurgus, who once was a king of the Bosporan kingdom.[2]

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