Scythia
- Ancient name
- Scythia
- Coordinates
- 49.99, 36.24
Ancient Scythia corresponds roughly to the areas north and east of the Black Sea, also frequently labeled as Tartaria, Sauromate, and/or Sarmatia. A division into Scythia-this-side-of-the-mountains and Scythia-beyond-the-mountains (much rarer) implies influence from contemporary 15th-century Ptolemaic maps.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M060
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Scythia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/scythia/.