The Date of Amage, Queen of the Sarmatians: A Note on Polyaenus, Strategemata 8. 56

Stanley M. Burstein

The Date of Amage, Queen of the Sarmatians: A Note on Polyaenus, Strategemata 8. 56

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Stanley M. Burstein

Stanley M. Burstein Department of History, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90032, USAsburste@calstatela.edu

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Pages:: 173–177

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004496446_023

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The textual sources for the history of Chersonesus are few and often lack clear indications concerning the date and historical context of the events described in them. Historians have tried to use archaeological evidence to date such events by trying to identify archaeological contexts in which they ‘seem to fit’. The purpose of this note is to show that the currently accepted mid-2nd century BC date of one such archaeologically dated event—the intervention of Amage, queen of the Sarmatians, on behalf of Chersonesus against the Scythians—is not supported by the text of Polyaenus.

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Ancient West & East

Volume 1, No. 1

Series: Ancient West & East, Volume: 1/1

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Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2002

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