03-07-2011, 02:19 AM
Salve,
Here are a few other books on the subject, most dealing with pre-Sarmatian as well. Several give the "big picture" background, particularly where the culture came from and how it flourished across the steppes:
Brzezinki & Mielczarek, The Sarmatians
Jettmar, Art of the Steppes
Anthony, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
Kelekna, The Horse in Human History
Aruz, Alekseev, et al, The Golden Deer of Eurasia
also the old guys:
Herodotus
Amianus Marcellinus
Tacitus
Books devoted to Sarmatians and Alans/Massagetae are too few, and I doubt the trend will change until the public (and students) realize that ealry steppe cultures gave us more relevant and lasting traditions than the Romans did.
Here are a few other books on the subject, most dealing with pre-Sarmatian as well. Several give the "big picture" background, particularly where the culture came from and how it flourished across the steppes:
Brzezinki & Mielczarek, The Sarmatians
Jettmar, Art of the Steppes
Anthony, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
Kelekna, The Horse in Human History
Aruz, Alekseev, et al, The Golden Deer of Eurasia
also the old guys:
Herodotus
Amianus Marcellinus
Tacitus
Books devoted to Sarmatians and Alans/Massagetae are too few, and I doubt the trend will change until the public (and students) realize that ealry steppe cultures gave us more relevant and lasting traditions than the Romans did.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb