Maeotians

Surviving Destroyed or barely existing The Maeotians (Adyghe: МыутIэхэр, romanized: Mıwt'əxər; Ancient Greek: Μαιῶται, romanized: Maiōtai; Latin: Maeōtae[1]) were an ancient people dwelling along the Sea of Azov, which was known in antiquity as the "Maeotian marshes" or "Lake Maeotis".

Their subdivisions included the Sindi, the Dandarii, the Toreatae, the Agri, the Arrechi, the Tarpetes, the Obidiaceni, the Sittaceni, the Dosci, and "many" others.

One princess of the Ixomates was called Tirgatao,[5] comparable to Tirgutawiya, a name on a tablet discovered in Hurrian Alalakh.

[6] Ukrainian archaeologists and modern Hellenists claim that Maeotians were ancient Greeks who established colonies in Maeotia.

[clarification needed] Karl Eichwald claimed that the Maeotians originated as a "Hindu" (Indian) colony,[7] but this view is rejected by the majority of scholars.

Map of the Roman empire under Hadrian (ruled 117-138 AD), showing the location of the Maeotae on the eastern shore of the eponymous Lacus Maeotis ( Sea of Azov )
A Maeotan skeleton from the burial ground near Lenin Farm, Krasnodar region, Russia; 4th to 2nd century BC
Maeotan symbol