Matiene

Matiene was the name of a kingdom in northwestern Iran^[1]^[2] on the lands of the earlier kingdom of the Mannae. Ancient historians including Strabo, Ptolemy, Herodotus, Polybius, and Pliny mention names such as Mantiane, Martiane, Matiana, Matiani, Matiene, Martuni to designate a region located to the northwest of Media."^[3]^[4]

^ The Cambridge history of Iran, Volume 2 by William Bayne Fisher, Ilya Gershevitch, Ehsan Yar-Shater, Peter Avery, pages 256-257
^ Archaeology at the north-east Anatolian frontier, I.: an historical geography and a field survey of the Bayburt Province by A. G. Sagona, Claudia Sagona, pages 41-48
^ History of the Medes Archived 2011-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ Kroll, S. "Places: 884179 (Matiane)". Pleiades. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

[1] The Cambridge history of Iran, Volume 2 by William Bayne Fisher, Ilya Gershevitch, Ehsan Yar-Shater, Peter Avery, pages 256-257

[2] Archaeology at the north-east Anatolian frontier, I.: an historical geography and a field survey of the Bayburt Province by A. G. Sagona, Claudia Sagona, pages 41-48

[3] History of the Medes Archived 2011-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Kroll, S. "Places: 884179 (Matiane)". Pleiades. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

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