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2022
Scythians and other Pontic peoples: Herodotos on the “most ignorant peoples of all” (fifth century BCE)original ↗
31 Aug 2022
Britons and Iernians (Irish): Julius Caesar, Pytheas, and Strabo on customs including eating human flesh (early first century CE)original ↗
26 Aug 2022
26 Aug 2022
Indian wisdom: Philostratos on Apollonios of Tyana’s journeys to barbarian lands (early third century CE)original ↗
22 Aug 2022
Mysians, Cilicians, Galatians, and Thracians: Polybios on the mixed composition of Antiochos IV Epiphanes’ army (second century BCE)original ↗
16 Aug 2022
Egyptian diasporas: Manetho, Josephos and others on legends of migration concerning Hyksos and Judeans (third century BCE and on)original ↗
15 Aug 2022
Ethnic diversity in Libya / Africa: Sallust on legends of migration (mid-first century BCE)original ↗
15 Aug 2022
Phoenician diasporas: Ephoros on Kadmos and legends of migration to Boiotia (mid-fourth century BCE)original ↗
15 Aug 2022
Egyptians: Diodoros on the origins of civilization and on Egyptian views (mid-first century BCE)original ↗
13 Aug 2022
5 Aug 2022
Parthians, Celts and Iberians or Germans: Scenes on the breastplate of the “Augustus of Prima Porta” (early first century CE)original ↗
4 Aug 2022
Amazons: Greek artistic depictions of a female warrior people (fourth century BCE to second century CE)original ↗
4 Aug 2022
4 Aug 2022
Boiotians: Ephoros on the superiority of Boiotia and on a Phoenician connection (mid-fourth century BCE)original ↗
3 Aug 2022
Medes, Assyrians, Baktrians, and others: Herodotos on the mixed composition of the Persian army under Xerxes (fifth century BCE)original ↗
3 Aug 2022
Mediterranean peoples: Pseudo-Skymnos’ Voyage Around the Earth for Nikomedes in full (mid-second century BCE)original ↗
2 Aug 2022
Germans, Suebians, Marcomannians, and Kimbrians: Poseidonios and Strabo on customs and rumours about the tides (first century BCE)original ↗
2 Aug 2022
Mediterranean peoples: Roman coins [part 1] on defeat, capture, and subjugation (first century BCE on)original ↗
2 Aug 2022
Dacians and Sarmatians: Reliefs on Trajan’s Column celebrating subjugation (early second century CE)original ↗
1 Aug 2022
Celts, Persians, and Amazons: Smaller statues of fighting and dying “barbarians” associated with Attalos of Pergamon (third-second century BCE / second century CE)original ↗
1 Aug 2022
Dacians and Sarmatians: Reliefs on Trajan’s Trophy at Adamclisi, Romania (early second century CE)original ↗
31 Jul 2022
Sarmatians: Tacitus on ferocity and laziness in military situations (early second century CE)original ↗
31 Jul 2022
Celts: Statues of dying Gauls / Galatians associated with Attalos I of Pergamon (late third century BCE / second century CE)original ↗
29 Jul 2022
Indians, Ethiopians, Celts, and Scythians: Ephoros on a four-fold division of the known world (mid-fourth century BCE)original ↗
21 Jul 2022
21 Jul 2022
Cretans, Spartans, Carthaginians, and Romans: Polybios on superior and inferior societal organization (second century BCE)original ↗
21 Jul 2022
Arabians and Aramaians: Poseidonios on relations between eastern peoples (first century BCE)original ↗
19 Jul 2022
Mysians / Moesians: Poseidonios on their identification and customs based on Homer (first century BCE)original ↗
19 Jul 2022
19 Jul 2022
Mediterranean peoples: Claudius Ptolemy on astrological effects on peoples (second century CE)original ↗
18 Jul 2022
Barbarian wisdom: Dio of Prusa on barbarians’ innate knowledge of god (late first century CE)original ↗
18 Jul 2022
17 Jul 2022
Judeans: Pliny the Elder and Julius Solinus on the Essenes beside the Dead Sea (first / third centuries CE)original ↗
16 Jul 2022
Judean, Persian, and Indian wisdom: Philo on the freedom of Essenes and Kalanos (early first century CE)original ↗
13 Jul 2022
13 Jul 2022
Celts: Polybios on the Celtic encounter with Rome and on his method in dealing with distant peoples (second century BCE)original ↗
12 Jul 2022
Egyptian wisdom: Plato on Solon, the Egyptian priest, and Atlantis (mid-fourth century BCE)original ↗
11 Jul 2022
Libyans / Africans: Sallust and Punic sources on the geography and peoples (mid-first century BCE)original ↗
10 Jul 2022
7 Jul 2022
Syrian perspectives: Lucian of Samosata on The Syrian Goddess in full (mid-second century CE)original ↗
7 Jul 2022
7 Jul 2022
5 Jul 2022
Iberians: Artemidoros, Poseidonios, Strabo, and others (second century BCE to first century CE)original ↗
4 Jul 2022
2 Jul 2022
2 Jul 2022
Welcome to Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World (edited by Kotrosits and Harland)original ↗
2 Jul 2022
Europeans and Asians: Pseudo-Hippokrates on humoural and environmental theories (fifth century BCE)original ↗
30 Jun 2022
Judeans: Mnaseas, Poseidonios, Apollonios Molon, Diodoros, Apion, and Damokritos on the statue of a donkey and on human sacrifice (second century BCE and on)original ↗
29 Jun 2022
Judeans: Manetho, Chairemon, and Lysimachos on an alternative Exodus (third century BCE on)original ↗
28 Jun 2022
Persian, Babylonian, and Scythian wisdom: Diogenes of Laertes refutes Magian and Chaldean origins for Greek philosophy (early third century CE)original ↗
24 Jun 2022
24 Jun 2022
Mediterranean peoples: Polemon theorizes the meaning of physical features (second / fifth centuries CE)original ↗
23 Jun 2022
Mediterranean peoples: Pseudo-Aristotle theorizes the meaning of physical features (third century BCE)original ↗
22 Jun 2022
Barbarian wisdom: Clement of Alexandria [VI] on barbarian and Hebrew philosophy (late second century CE)original ↗
21 Jun 2022
15 Jun 2022
Phoenician, Egyptian and Babylonian wisdom: Porphyry of Tyre and Antonius Diogenes on Pythagoras (third century CE)original ↗
15 Jun 2022