MAXE´RA
MAXE´RA (
Μαξήρα,
Ptol. 6.9.2;
Amm. Marc. 23.6), a river of Hyrcania, which flowed into the Caspian sea. Pliny calls it the Maxeras (6.16. s. 18).
It is not certain with which modern river it is to be identified, and geographers have variously given it to the
Tedjin, the
Babul, or the
Gurgan. If ammianus, who speaks of it in connection with the Oxus, could be depended on, it would appear most probable that it was either the
Atrek or the
Gurgan. The people dwelling along this river were called Maxerae. (
Ptol. 6.9.5.)