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| '''Leucosyri''', or Leucosyroi (Singular: Leucosyros), also known as Leucosyrians or White Syrians, are an ancient tribe that existed in ]. They were eventually hellenised. The name "Leucosyri" derived from the Greek name Λευκόσυροι or Λευκοσύριοι meaning White Syrians. |
'''Leucosyri''', or Leucosyroi (Singular: Leucosyros), also known as Leucosyrians or White Syrians, are an ancient tribe that existed in ]. They were eventually hellenised. The name "Leucosyri" derived from the Greek name Λευκόσυροι or Λευκοσύριοι meaning White Syrians. | ||
| They are referred as 'Cappadocians' by the Persians, later 'White Syrians' by Greeks. They have mixed Iranian, Syro-Hittite and Anatolic origins. | |||
| It has been believed that the Leucosyri lived in ], ], ] and parts of central-west ]. | It has been believed that the Leucosyri lived in ], ], ] and parts of central-west ]. | ||
| The Leucosyri of ] mainly lived in the mountainous highland of Pontus near Armenia Minor with a considerable number of people living in the interior of Pontus (the coastal area). During the reign of the ], they may have been one of the ] of Pontus and ] (another traditional area with a large population of ]), to have contributed to Pontus' Iranian and Anatolian influence of the ancient Pontic population. By the time of ], the Leucosyri had been hellenized. | |||
| During the ], the Leucosyrians were recruited as ] into the Pontic army to fight off the Roman army of ] and later ]. | During the ], the Leucosyrians were recruited as ] into the Pontic army to fight off the Roman army of ] and later ]. | ||
| The Leucosyri have also lived in ] amongst the ], ], ], ], ] and other Anatolian tribes such as the ]. Like the Leucosyri of ], the remaining Leucosyri assimilated into the ] population. | |||
| It has never been clear of the background of the Leucosyri, as history had mentioned them only a few times. Their religion has never been clear and remains a mystery of what deities the Leucosyri worshipped. Leucosyri may have worshipped Iranian, Anatolian and to some extent Aramaic gods and goddesses throughout eastern Anatolia. It is then known that throughout the late ] they were introduced to ]. | |||
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Leucosyri, or Leucosyroi (Singular: Leucosyros), also known as Leucosyrians or White Syrians, are an ancient tribe that existed in Anatolia. They were eventually hellenised. The name "Leucosyri" derived from the Greek name Λευκόσυροι or Λευκοσύριοι meaning White Syrians.
It has been believed that the Leucosyri lived in Pontus, Cappadocia, Cilicia and parts of central-west Asia Minor.
During the Mithridatic Wars, the Leucosyrians were recruited as mercenaries into the Pontic army to fight off the Roman army of Sulla and later Pompey.