Saspeires
Colchians, who straddle the eastern coast of the Black Sea
Saspeires (
Kartvelian tribe.[2][3][4] The toponym of modern-day city İspir and ancient region of Speri is thought by some to be derived from their name.[5] According to Rayfield, Diauehi is mentioned in the Greek records as Taochoi, but Herodotus in 450 BC refers to them as Sasperi. the name Sper with a Georgian prefix of place Sa-, which evolved into the term Iberian.[6]
The land where the
The Saspires were originally associated with the
Caucasian Iberians and appear to have emerged from the Lesser Caucasus to the east.[8]
The Colchians, and Saspires were joined in one command, and all were dressed alike.[9]
The Colchians themselves, were not classified as belonging to any Xerxes as auxiliaries. The incredible number of tribes of Mount Caucasus is spoken by ancient as modern historians.[10][11]
According to some authors, they constituted a significant part of the population of the early Georgian
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References
- ^ The Persian Army and Tribute Lists in Herodotus , A. G. Laird Classical Philology Vol. 16, No. 4 (October 1921), pp. 305–326
- ^ ISBN 9781407301129. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ Salia, Kalistrat (1980). Histoire de la nation géorgienne. pp. 30–41. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ a b Reisner, Oliver; Nodia, Ghia (2009). Identity Studies, Vol 1. Ilia State University Press. p. 51. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ T. A. Sinclair, "Eastern Turkey an Architectural and Archaeological Survey", Volume 2, 1989, p272.
- ^ Rayfield, Donald (2012). Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia. p. 18.
- ^ Herodotus, Histories, Book 4, Chapter 37
- ^ Diakonoff, 1984
- ^ Herodotus, Histories, Book 7, Chapter 79
- ^ Mr. Tooke's Russia, vol. 2
- ^ Memoir of the Map of the Countries between the Euxine and the Caspian, 1788