06-06-2009, 06:01 AM
Oh, just an aside.
By the time we get to Procopius, he again speaks of the "Massagetae." But they are not Alans. He wrote of "Huns" but not Black Huns. My guess he was referring to White Huns... and I think he interchanged "Massagetae" for the same people. The reason? I dunno. But maybe the White Huns were living in the former territories of the ancient Massagetae, which was around Sogdiana and down toward the Indu Kush. I don't know why they were called "White Huns" either, but it might have been due to their language, Turkic instead of Indo-Iranian. :roll:
By the time we get to Procopius, he again speaks of the "Massagetae." But they are not Alans. He wrote of "Huns" but not Black Huns. My guess he was referring to White Huns... and I think he interchanged "Massagetae" for the same people. The reason? I dunno. But maybe the White Huns were living in the former territories of the ancient Massagetae, which was around Sogdiana and down toward the Indu Kush. I don't know why they were called "White Huns" either, but it might have been due to their language, Turkic instead of Indo-Iranian. :roll:
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
