Stelle Ὑπὲρ δὲ Σαγίνας Οὐννικὰ ἔθνη πολλὰ ...; (History of the Wars (530 - 560), 8. 4. 7-9. Dewing (1928) (pp. 84-85)) [4978]

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Text De Bellis (530 - 560) Procopius
Quotation Ὑπὲρ δὲ Σαγίνας Οὐννικὰ ἔθνη πολλὰ ἵδρυνται. τὸ δ᾿ ἐντεῦθεν Εὐλυσία μὲν ἡ χώρα ὠνόμασται, βάρβαροι δὲ αὐτῆς ἄνθρωποι τά τε παράλια καὶ τὴν μεσόγειον ἔχουσι, μέχρι ἐς τὴν Μαιῶτιν καλουμένην Λίμνην καὶ ποταμὸν Τάναϊν, ὃς δὴ ἐς τὴν Λίμνην ἐσβάλλει. αὕτη δὲ ἡ Λίμνη ἐς τὴν ἀκτὴν Πόντου τοῦ Εὐξείνου τὰς ἐκβολὰς ποιεῖται. ἄνθρωτοι δὲ οἳ ταύτῃ ᾤκηνται Κιμμεριοι μὲν τὸ παλαιὸν ὠνομάζοντο, τανῦν δὲ Οὐτίγουροι καλοῦνται. καὶ αὐτῶν καθύπερθεν ἐς βορρᾶν ἄνεμον ἔθνη τὰ Ἀντῶν ἄμετρα ἵδρυνται. παρὰ δὲ τὸυ χῶρον αὐτὸν ὅθεν ἡ τῆς Λίμνης ἐκβολὴ ἄρχεται, Γότθοι οἱ Τετραξῖται καλούμενοι ᾤκηνται, οὐ πολλοὶ ὄντες, οἳ δὴ τὰ Χριστιανῶν νόμιμα σεβόμενοι περιστέλλουσιν οὐδενὸς ἧσσον.
Translation Above the Saginae are settled numerous Hunnic tribes (Ounnikà éthnē). And from there onward the country has received the name of Eulysia, and barbarian peoples hold both the coast and the interior of this land, as far as the so called Maeotic Lake and the Tanais River which empties into the lake. And this lake has its outlet at the coast of the Euxine Sea. Now the people who are settled there were named in ancient times Cimmerians (Kimmérioi), but now they are called Utigurs (Outígouroi). And above them to the north the countless tribes of the Antae (Ántai) are settled. But beside the exact point where the outlet of the lake commences dwell the Goths (Gótthoi) who are called Tetraxitae, a people who are not very numerous, but they reverence and observe the rites of the Christians as carefully as any people do.
Summary Procopius describes the territories north of the Caucasus. This is occipied by Hunnic tribes. Mention of the Utigurs, who were called Cimmerians in ancient times, and above them (to the north) the Antae, and near the Kerch Strait the Goths called Tetraxitae.
Quotation source 8. 4. 7-9. Dewing (1928) (pp. 84-85)
Temporal Coverage 550 - 560
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