COSTOBO´CI(Κοιστοβῶκοι, Ptol. 3.5.21; Κοστουβῶκοι, Dio Cass.; Costobocci, Plin. Nat. 6.7; Costobocae, Ammian. 22.8.42; Costoboci, Capitolin. M. Antonin. 100.22), a people of Dacia, probably belonging to the Wendish stock (Schafarik, Slavische Alterthum, vol. 1. p. 122). Their position has been sought in the district of Tschernigow.
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