Listed 2 sub titles with search on: Various locations for destination: "DAKIA Ancient area SARMATIA".
Marisus (Marisos, Strab. vii. 304; Maris, Herod. iv. 49; Marisia, Jornand. de
Reb. Get. 5; Geogr. Rav.), a river of Dacia, which both Herodotus and Strabo describe
as falling into the Danube; it is the same as the Marosch, which falls into the
Theiss. (Heeren, Asiat. Nations, vol. ii. p. 10, trans.; Schafarik, Slav. Alt.
vol. i. p. 507.)
Sariphi Montes (ta Saripha ore), a chain of mountains, extending, according to
Ptolemy, between Margiana and Ariana, and the watershed of several small streams.
They are probably those now called the Hazaras. Manner (v. 2. p. 65), has supposed
them the same as the Sappheiroi, but this is contrary to all probability.
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