Asaei
Ἀσαῖι
Eth. Asaei (Ἀσαῖι), a people of Sarmatia Asiatica, near the Suardeni and the upper course of the Tanaïs. (Ptol. 5.9.16). They are also mentioned by Pliny, according to the common text, as having been, before his time, among the most celebrated peoples of Scythia; but Sillig gives a different reading, namely Chroasai. (Plin. Nat. 6.17. s. 19.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.