Neoris
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Neoris was a town in Albania mentioned by Pliny.[1]
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Neol = Neoris (Pliny.vi.11).
Mention by Pliny
Pliny [2] mentions Albania, Iberia, and The Adjoining Nations.......... The chief cities are Cabalaca5, in Albania, Harmastis6, near a river7 of Iberia, and Neoris; there is the region also of Thasie, and that of Triare, extending as far as the mountains known as the Paryadres.
5 Now called Kablas-Var, according to Parisot.
6 Parisot says that this can be no other than Harmoza on the river Cyrus, in the vicinity of the modern Akhalzik.
7 Probably meaning "of the same name."