06-06-2009, 08:44 AM
Good for you! 
Herodotus knew where the Massagetae lived, but this one error of the Araxes (instead of the Araxates on the other side of the Oxus) is what threw Jordanes off track, and thus he linked the Goths (who lived in Rumania to the Don) to the "Getae." Perhaps we should not blame Jordanes. He boiled down the history of Cassiodorus, a work no longer extant.
Yuh. That area just north west of where the Massagetae lived is either the Black Desert or the White Desert, but just south east we find Lake Balkash and then Issuk Kul just below the Tien Shan. This was good grazing land, cherry trees, edging Ferghana, and it stretched all the way to the Takla Makan.
Don't check out that "fruit" that wasn't cherries. It's still illegal. 8)
Herodotus knew where the Massagetae lived, but this one error of the Araxes (instead of the Araxates on the other side of the Oxus) is what threw Jordanes off track, and thus he linked the Goths (who lived in Rumania to the Don) to the "Getae." Perhaps we should not blame Jordanes. He boiled down the history of Cassiodorus, a work no longer extant.
Yuh. That area just north west of where the Massagetae lived is either the Black Desert or the White Desert, but just south east we find Lake Balkash and then Issuk Kul just below the Tien Shan. This was good grazing land, cherry trees, edging Ferghana, and it stretched all the way to the Takla Makan.
Don't check out that "fruit" that wasn't cherries. It's still illegal. 8)
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
