The Tyrageti, Tyragetae, or Tyrangitae (,
Strabo
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vii.;
Ptol. iii. 5. § 25), literally, the
Getae
The Getae or Getai ( or , also Getans) were a large nation who inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania, throughout much of Classical Antiquity. The main source of informa ...
of the
Tyras, were a sub-tribe of the Getae, situated on the river ''Tyras'' (modern-day
Dniester
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in
Moldova
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and
Ukraine
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). They were regarded as an immigrant tribe of European
Sarmatia
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Sarmatia was the name given by the Ro ...
dwelling east of the river Tyras, near the
Carpii and
Tagri, and, according to Ptolemy, the northern neighbours of
Lower Moesia.
Pliny (v. 12. s. 26) calls them, with more correct orthography, Tyragetae, and represents them as dwelling on a large island in the Tyras.
References
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Tyrangítae, ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' (1854)
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Ancient tribes in Romania
Getic tribes
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