Sarmatia

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The "Second Map of Asia" (Tabula Seconda de Asia), 1467.

Sarmatia was a region of the

Eurasian steppe inhabited by the Sarmatians
.

East Central Europe, and Sarmatia Asiatica.[1] Filippo Ferrari
(1551–1626) also divided the two.

Sarmatia Asiatica

Sarmatia Asiatica ("Asiatic Sarmatia") was the name used in Ptolemy's Geography (c. 150) for a part of Sarmatia, a large region which included parts of Europe and Asia.

In modern times, geographers had various views on its extent:

  • Palus Maeotis and Tanais in the west. It included the mountains of Coraxici, Hippici and Hyperborei (the Ural), and rivers Don, Kuban and Volga.[2]
  • A. Arrowsmith (1832): [3]
  • A. Picquot (1826) described it as bordering Scythia and the
    Iberia to the south, and Palus Maeotis and Cimmerian Bosphorus to the west.[4]

Sarmatia Europea

Another part was Sarmatia Europea ("European Sarmatia"),[5] which was situated further west. European Sarmatia largely corresponds to what was later known as Grand Duchy of Lithuania; later, Intermarium; and nowadays the Three Seas Initiative. Sarmatia was present in most maps of the region from the time of Ptolemy until the end of the 18th century.

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