The Avarpi or Auarpoi or Avarni were
Germanic tribe attested in
Ptolemy's Geography. The attested Greek is Auarpoi. Avarpi is a scholarly transliteration into Latin, with some using Avarni on the assumption that the name refers to the
Varni
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Geography
Varni is located at . It has an average elevation of 403 metres. It comes under Banswada Legislative and Zaheerabad Parl ...
of
Mecklenburg
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. However, Ptolemy uses Farodeinoi for Varini and clearly says that the Auarpoi are next to the Teutonikai and between the Sueboi and the Farodeinoi. This location is not precise, but is somewhere in the Pommern/Propommern region.
Further reading
*Ptolemy, ''Geography''
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See also
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List of Germanic tribes
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Barbarian invasions
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Early Germanic peoples
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