Maeotian marshes

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In the geography of Antiquity the Maeotian marshes (Palus Maeotis) lay where the Don River emptied into the Maeotian Lake (the Sea of Azov) near Tanais. The marshes served as a check to the westward migration of nomad peoples from the steppe of Central Asia.

The area was named after the Maeotae who lived around the Maeotian Lake. The Ixomates were a tribe of the Maeotes. To the south of the Maeotes, east of the Crimea were the Sindes, their lands known as Scythia Sindica. The Iazyges, a Sarmatian tribe, were first heard of on the Maeotis, where they were among the allies of Mithridates II of Parthia.

The Roman emperor Marcus Claudius Tacitus, during a brief reign (September 25, 275, to April 276) secured a victory over the Alans near the Palus Maeotis.

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