Serboi ( Greek Σέρβοι , Sérboi ; Lat. Serboi ), Sirboi ( lat. Sirboi ) - an ethnonym mentioned by ancient geographers . He designated the Iranian tribe [1] , who lived in Asian Sarmatia somewhere north of the Caucasus and west of the Volga .
Initial mentions in the Caucasus region
Pliny the Younger in his work Plinii Caecilii Secundi Historia naturalis in 69-75 years of our era mentions a people called Serbs ( Latin Serbi ) [2] , living near the Cimmerians , probably in the Black or Azov Sea .
Around 175 AD, the Egyptian scientist Claudius Ptolemy mentions in Geography a people called Serboi or Sirboi , who probably lived outside the Caucasus, from the inner side of the Caspian Sea , that is, in the area of modern Astrakhan .
Serbs ( Serbi ) placed near the mouth of the Volga. The map is based on Greek literature. Printed by an unknown publisher in London in 1770.
A people called Sirbi near the mouth of the Volga on the map of Ptolemy, revised and printed by Sebastian Munster in 1552.
A people called Sirbi near the mouth of the Volga on a map of Ptolemy published by Girolamo Porro in Venice, 1598.
A people called Serbia (Serbia, Serbi ) near the mouth of the Volga on a map from the book of Jovan Raich , printed in Vienna in 1794.
Late Mentions in the Caucasus Region
In the 10th century, Konstantin Bagryanorodny mentioned in the work “ On Ceremonies ” the tribes under the names “Krevatas” and “Sarbani”, which some studied treat as Croats and Serbs. These tribes are located near the Caucasus, in the Terek region between Alanya and Tsanaria [3] [4] [5] [6] .
Also, the Sarban tribe was mentioned by Arab geographers in the X century [7] .
Notes
- ↑ John Van Antwerp Fine (1991). "The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century." University of Michigan Press., P. 56
- ↑ Aleksandar M. Petrović, Arheografija naroda jugoistočne Evrope, Beograd, 2006, page 19
- ↑ De administrando imperio, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Emperor of the East), Gyula Moravcsik, Pázmány Péter Tudományegyetemi Görög Filológiai Intézet, 1949, page 115.
- ↑ Parameśa Caudhurī, India in Kurdistan, Qwality Book Company, 2005, page 79.
- ↑ The Slavs: their early history and civilization, Francis Dvornik, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1959, page 28.
- ↑ Constantini Porphyrogenneti ... libri duo De ceremoniis aulæ Byzantinæ. Prodeunt nunc primum Græce, cum Latina interpretatione et commentariis. Curarunt Io. Henricus Leichius et Io. Iacobus Reiskius ..., VII Constantin, Gleditschius, 1754, page 397.
- ↑ The early medieval Balkans: a critical survey from the sixth to the late twelfth century, John Van Antwerp Fine, University of Michigan Press, 1991, page 56.