The ethnic map of the region of the Late Antiquity based on information of late classic authors (Plinius Maior, Claudius Ptolemaeus, Strabo, etc.) with retrospective attraction of the data of the Early Medieval written sources and modern etnonymics of the North Caucasus, characterized by extreme diversity, is presented in the article. The mentioned in the narrative sources tribes and their massive groups are compared with Pra-Abkhaz-Adyg and Pra-Daghestani-Nakh ethnic communities who would actively interact with the Sarmatian (Sarmato-Alanian) ethno-cultural world.
Pages: 17 - 30
Date: 10.01.2019