Search Results for: saracens

Arabians: Ammianus Marcellinus on the customs of Saracens (late fourth century CE)

Ethiopians and Arabians: Nonnosos on Saracens and on a hairy people (sixth century CE)

Arabians: Pseudo-Nilus on barbarian bandits and Saracens in the Sinai desert (early fifth century CE)

Romans: Ammianus Marcellinus on the danger of decline into uncivilized lifestyles (late fourth century CE)

Ammianus Marcellinus: A guide for reading ethnographic passages

Egyptians: Ammianus on their “dark” complexion and insubordinate behaviour (late fourth century CE)

Persians and neighbouring eastern peoples: Ammianus Marcellinus on Persian territories and lifestyles (late fourth century CE)

Eastern and northern peoples: Bardaisan of Edessa’s Book of the Laws of Countries and the Pseudo-Clementines on astrology and peoples (second-third centuries CE)

Ethiopians, Nubians, and Egyptians: Christian authors picturing darker-skinned peoples as “demons” (second century CE on)

Persians: Acts of Archelaos on Mani’s foreignness (early fourth century CE)

Isaurians: Ammianus Marcellinus on their incursions and banditry (late fourth century CE)

Celts: Timagenes of Alexandria and Ammianus Marcellinus on Celtic origins and customs (first century BCE / fourth century CE)