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Apasiacae — a nomadic Scythian tribe in the lower reaches of the Oxus (Amu Darya) and near the Aral Sea. Some researchers identify them with the Abii.
Apasiacae
1st century BC

Apasiacae — one of the nomadic Scythian tribes in the lower reaches of the Oxus River (modern Amu Darya), as well as along the banks of the rivers of the Aral basin and between the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea. Some researchers identify the Apasiacae with the Abii. See Massagetae.

VARIANT NAMES: Greek. Απασιακαι, Ασπασιακαι, Russian. Apasiaki, Aspasiaki.

Sources:

Ethnogenesis of the Abkhazians. D.A. Arshba, 2015