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[13] The Hister, 1 filled to overflowing by a great number of tributaries, flows past the Sauromatians, and these extend as far as the river Tanais, 2 which [p. 389] separates Asia from Europe. On the other side of this river 3 the Halani, so called from the mountain range of the same name, 4 inhabit the measureless wastes of Scythia; and by repeated victories they gradually wore down the peoples whom they met and like the Persians incorporated them under their own national name.

1 The Danube.

2 The Don.

3 The Hister (Danube).

4 Alanos (῎αλανος).

Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940.

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