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...Black Sea was repeatedly swept by nomadic tribes from Central Asia. The first known invaders were the fierce Scythians, who swarmed in from the east around 700 B.C., driving out the resident Cimmerians. The Greek historian Herodotus, who lived for a time in the Black Sea trading post of Olbia, wrote with a shudder that the Scythians' customs "are not such as I admire." Among them: human sacrifice, blinding of slaves and drinking from the skulls of fallen enemies. Still stronger tribes kept invading and conquering this region that is now the Ukraine: first the Sarmatians; then, in Roman times...
...CLASSICAL CONFERENCE. "The Greek Colony of Olbia." Mr. C. E. McGuire. "The Hypodzomata of Greek Ships." Mr. E. G. Schauroth. "The Causes of Ovid's Exile." Mr. J. S. Galbraith. Harvard...
...CLASSICAL CONFERENCE. "The Greek Colony of Olbia." Mr. C. E. McCuire. "The Hypodzomata of Greek Ships." Mr. E. G. Schauroth. "The Causes of Ovid's Exile." Mr. J. S. Galbraith. Harvard...
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