Cissianti
Iranian Nomadic Tribe
The Cissianti were a tribe of Iranian Nomads who likely spoke a Sarmatian language of the Scythian family. They are mentioned by Pliny the Elder as living north of the Amazons and Hyperboreans, with the Cimmeri, Acae, Georgili, Moschi, Cercetae, Phoristae, and Rimphaces.[1]
References
- ^ Kennedy, Rebecca F.; Roy, C. Sydnor; Goldman, Max L. (2013-09-01). Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World: An Anthology of Primary Sources in Translation. Hackett Publishing. ISBN 9781624660900.
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Scythia
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- Amardi
- Amazons
- Androphagi
- Arimaspi
- Budini
- Cercetae
- Cimmerians
- Dahae
- Gelonians
- Melanchlaeni
- Saka
- Sarmatians/Sauromatians
- Scythians
- Pazyryk culture
- Tagar culture
- Tapurei
- Tapuri
- Tauri
- Thyssagetae
- Uxii
- Zygii
- Kazakh Steppe
- Sistan
- Sakasene
- Parama Kamboja Kingdom
- Alania
- Scythia Minor
- Crimea
- Lower Danube
- Bosporan Kingdom
- Sarmatia
- Pontic–Caspian steppe
- Iranian peoples
- History of the western steppe
- Bosporan Kingdom
- Sarmatism
- Iranian origin hypotheses of Croats and Serbs
- Scythian archers
Category:Scythia, Category:Populated places in ancient Scythia
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