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Sanni — a tribe in Pontic Cappadocia, between Dioscurias and Pitiunt. One of the names of the Macrones. Associated with the Sanigi.
Sanni
1st century BC

Sanni — 1) a tribe in Pontic Cappadocia. It lived in the area between Dioscurias (a Greek city near modern Sukhumi) and Pitiunt (modern Pitsunda); 2) one of the names of the Macrones; 3) see Sanigi.

VARIANT NAMES: Latin. Sanni, Sannices, Tzani, Greek. Σαννοι, Σανοι, Τζαννικοι, Τζανοι.


Sources:

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