- Caucasian Achaeans
Achaeans — 1) Caucasian tribes located between Tuapse and Sochi; 2) one of the main ancient Greek tribes, inhabitants of the Roman province of Achaea, in a broad sense — Greeks in general. The Achaeans inhabited the northeastern part of Thessaly and the mountainous coast of the Peloponnese, where the Ionians originally lived. The term 'Achaeans' is used as a general name for the Greeks.
VARIANT NAMES: Latin. Achaei, Achei, Achaioi, Greek. Αχεΐοι, Αχαιοι, Russian. Akii, Akhay, Akhey, Akhivy, Akhai.
Sources:
Ethnogenesis of the Abkhazians. D.A. Arshba, 2015