16 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTOET. [Book VI.' 



nais. The neighbouring country was inhabited first by the 

 Carians, then by the Clazomenii and Maeones, and after them, 

 by the Panticapenses. 53 



There are some writers. who state that there are the follow- , 

 ing nations dwelling around the Maeotis, as far as the Cerau- 

 nian mountains ; 54 at a short distance from the shore, the Na- 

 pitas, and beyond them, the Essedones, who join up to the Col- 

 chians, and dwell upon the summits of the mountains : after 

 these again, the Camacae, the Orani, the Autacae, the Ma- 

 zacasi, the Cantiocae, the Agamathae, the Pici, the Bimosoli, 

 the Acascomarci, and, upon the ridges of the Caucasus, the 

 Itacalae, the Inaadochi, the Rami, the Anclacae, the Tydii, the 

 Carastasei, and the Anthiandae. The river Lagous runs from the 

 CathaBan 65 mountains, and into it flows the Opharus. Upon, 

 it are the tribes of the Cauthadae, and the Opharitae. Next 

 to these are the rivers Menotharus and Imityes, which flow 

 from the Cissian mountains, among the peoples called the Acdei, 

 the Carnae, the Oscardei, the Accisi, the Gabri, the Gogari, 

 and, around the source of the Imityes, the Imityi, and the 

 Apatraei. Some writers- say that the Auchetae, the Athernei, 

 and the Asampatae, Scythian tribes, have made inroads upon 

 this territory, and have destroyed the Tanaitae and the Inapaei 

 to a man. Others again represent the Ocharius as running 

 through the Cantici and the Sapaei, and the Tanais as passing 

 through the territories of the Sarcharcei, the Herticei, the 

 Spondolici, the SynhietaB, the Anasi, the Issi, the Catetae, the 

 Tagorae, the Caroni, the Neripi, the Agandei, the Mandarei, 

 the Satarchei, and the Spalei. 



CHAP. 8. (8.) THE SITUATION OF CAPPADOCIA. 



We have now gone over the coast which borders upon the 



by a colony from Miletus, and became a flourishing seat of trade. The 

 modern town of Azof is supposed to occupy nearly its site. 



53 The people of Panticapceum, on the opposite side of the Palus Maeotis, 

 occupying the site of the present Kertch. It was founded by the Mile- 

 sians B.C. 541, and took its name from the neighbouring river Panticapes. 



64 The Ceraunian mountains were a range belonging to the Caucasian 

 chain, and situate at its eastern extremity ; the relation of this range to 

 the chain has been variously stated by the different writers. 



55 He may possibly allude to a range of mountains in the Punjaub 

 and the vicinity of the modern Lahore, by his reference to the Cathsei, who 

 are supposed to have been the ancient inhabitants of that district. The 

 localities of the various races here mentioned are involved in great obscurity. 



