Barry Cunlife - The Scythians

scythian kings
and dynasties
Scythian Kings
Scythian kings are mentioned in various historical sources, most particularly in
Herodotus’ Histories. The following list and the suggested dates was presented by A.
Y. Alekseyev in his paper ‘Scythian Kings and “Royal” Burial Mounds of the Fifth and
Fourth Centuries bc’, in D. Braund (ed.), Scythians and Greeks (Exeter, 2004), 39–55. The
author makes a strong case for Oricus being buried in the kurgan of Solokha (burial
1) around 410 bc, with his brother Octamasades being buried in the same mound
(burial 2) between 390 and 380. He also argues that Anonymous 2 was the first king
buried in Chertomlÿk. The correlation of known kings to other royal burials is more
difficult.
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