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Aspisii

Ἀσπίσιοι Σκύθαι

Eth. Aspisii (Ἀσπίσιοι Σκύθαι), a people of Scythia intra Imaum, N. of the Jaxartes, and W. of the Aspisii Montes (τὰ Ἀσπίσια ὄρη: Ptol. 6.14. § § 6, 12). They appear to be the same as the Ἀσπασιάκαι Νομάδες, between the Oxus and the Tanais, mentioned by Polybius (10.45).

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.