Barry Cunlife - The Scythians

wall hanging 213, 243, 280, 280
woollen saddlecloth 173, 175
Pazyryk kurgan 36, sacrificial horses
301
Pécs-Jakabhegy cremation burial,
Hungary 108
Perederiieva mogila kurgan 2,
helmet 342–3, 342, 343
Perepyaticha kurgan, Pontic steppe
10
Pericles 126
Persepolis 42
Persian Achaemenid empire 24, 26
Darius’s European campaigns
42–4
Pontic steppe expedition
(513–512 bc) 256–7
rise of empire 39–44, 40
and the Sakā 170–6, 171
timelines 254, 255
Peter the Great, Tzar of Russia 1–2,
2, 3, 5–6
Philip II, King of Macedon 55–7, 56,
121, 129, 143, 150, 256
Phrygia 31, 32, 33, 36
destruction of 106
Pindar 29
Piora Oscillation 67
Plataea, Battle of (479 bc) 43, 175, 259
Plavni granite stele, Odeska region
290, 309
Pliny 209
Plynos, Royal Scythian 34
pole tops, Scythian ceremonial 274,
274, 275
Polybius 52
Pompeius Trogus 34, 144
Pomponius Mela 209
Pontic–Caspian steppe 64, 73
Pontic steppe 9–16, 11, 35
1000–650 bc 103–9
Darius’s campaigns 42–4
prey-predator images, Scythian
285–9, 285, 286, 287, 288
index
priests and intermediaries of the
gods, Scythian 271–4
prophecy and divination 272–3
Przewalski’s horses 70, 71
Psammetichus, pharaoh 34
Pseudo-Hippocrates (On Airs, Water,
and Places) 47–8, 199–201,
209, 214, 218–20, 224, 272
Pseudo-Scymus 30
puszta, Great Hungarian Plain
107–9
Radlov, Vasily 16–17, 190
Radlov, Wilhelm 184–7
recoiled feline, southern Siberia
284–5, 285
Rjadovye kurgan 3, catacomb burial
299
Rodenbach gold arm-ring,
Germany 165
Roman Empire:
onslaught of the Germanic
tribes 325
and the Sarmatians 319–24, 320
Rostovtzeff, Mikhail 15–16
Roxolani 144, 145, 317, 318, 319, 320
raids against Rome 320–2, 321
timeline 254
Royal Scythians see Scythians, Royal
Rudenko, Sergei 17–20, 187
Rusa I, king 32–3
Rusa II, king 33
Russia, Khanate of Crimea 7
Sabatinovka culture 80, 81
Sachnovka kurgan 226, 346, 346
Sakā 24, 25, 42, 169, 314, 315, 317
and the Persian empire 170–6
Sakā Haumawargā 39, 51, 51, 169, 171
Sakā Tigrakhauda 39, 41, 51, 51, 169,
171, 172, 172
Sachnovka kurgan 2, gold diadem,
Cherkaska region 281,
346–7, 346, 347
Salamis, Battle of (490 bc) 43,
260
Samara-Ural culture 120, 122, 123,
177
Samos 35
Sardis 106
Sargon II, Assyrian king 31
Sarmatians 27, 58, 111, 122, 144, 209,
313
in Britain 322, 323
Early period 319
funerary monument, Roman
fortress, Chester 323
Middle period 317
vs. the Roman Empire 319–24,
320
Satyrus, Bosporan king 258
Saulius, Scythian king 358
Sauromatae 50, 51, 111, 120, 120–4,
145, 313
elite 140
women warriors 219
Sava river region, Slovenia 156
Sayan Mountains 22–4
kurgans 196–7
Scythians and 196–7
Scolopitus, Royal Scythian 34
Scopasis, Scythian king 256, 358
Scylas, Scythian King 128
Scyles, Scythian king 358
Scythians:
c.400 bc, Scythian world and
beyond 48–52, 51
kings and dynasties 357–8
timelines 254, 255
use and origins of the name
85–6
women’s status in society 140–1,
194, 219
see also Carpathian basin (Great
Hungarian Plain); daily life,
Scythian; death, burial and
ritual, Scythian; warfare and
weapons, Scythian
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