Meotian
Meotian is a term that has been used to refer to the ancient people who inhabited the region of Maeotis, an area that corresponds to the Sea of Azov and its surrounding territories in what is now southern Russia and eastern Ukraine. The Meotians were a collection of tribes whose history is primarily known through archaeological findings and references in ancient Greek and Roman texts. They were contemporaries of various Sarmatian and Scythian groups, and their cultures likely shared many similarities.
The Meotians were known for their agricultural practices and their involvement in trade, particularly through the
The exact linguistic and ethnic classification of the Meotians remains a subject of scholarly debate. Some