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Post by ancalimon on Mar 12, 2013 17:31:31 GMT 3
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Post by ancalimon on Mar 12, 2013 23:04:12 GMT 3
I've had it translated. Here's the translation from latindiscussion.comJustinus, the author of the epitome of Pompeius Trogus, says that the Scythians are more ancient then even the Egyptians: "the race of the Scythians has always been considered the most ancient; although there has long been a dispute between the Scythians and the Egyptians about the oldness of their race". Therefore since the Egyptians have been put into second place by these proofs, the Scythians have always been thought the older, and the christian chronographers give the name 'Skythismos' to the most ancient epoch of the kingdom of the Scythians in Asia. What shines out from the cloud of evidence is that various turkish races are included under the collective name of Scythians. The Massagetae, Alani, Sacae, Parthians, which the ancients used to call Scythians indiscriminately, more recent Greek writers correctly call Turks. Thus THEOPHANUS BYZANTINUS states confidently that the Massagetae, which the Persians call Kermichiones in their language, are Turks. AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS correctly says that the Alani arose from the Massagetae: "the Alani are named after the name of the mountains". The Sacae, which Strabo mentions together with the Massagetae, once used to live in the same regions between Oxus and Jaxartes, which it is known have always been occupied by Turkish peoples. Of the Parthians, whom we will discuss more fully below, the learned Prelate of France Guiiardus d Lardono at the beginning of the13th century says that they fit very well with the Turks of that time in national characteristic.
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