Sarmatic
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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They are, moreover, the Sarmatic Medes of the ancients, and belong to the Median colony founded in the Caucasus by the Scythians.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
His strikingly thin, finely-cut features, and his peculiarly oval, black eyes and soft, dark beard betrayed much more the Sarmatic than the characteristic Anglo-Saxon type.
From The Coming Conquest of England by Niemann, August
"However," continues Klaproth, "after meeting again the Sarmatic Medes of the ancients in this people, it is still more surprising also to recognize the Alains, who occupied the districts north of the Caucasus."
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
VII. 5-8 refer to Domitian's return from Sarmatic War.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
The Sarmatic Princes, incessantly at feud with one another, brought their contention from afar before his judgment-seat.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
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