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Old December 17th, 2011 #83
Steven L. Akins
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Originally Posted by A.G. View Post
What i acutally refer to is that there were many tribes called scythians who resembled them in lifestyle just like there are many tribes called gypsies but who are not roma. The original scythians were iranics, but also slavs and germanics were called scythians at times. However the Scythians are most probably the Slavic Race.
Scythia was a vast and somewhat loosely defined region; so the ancient writers tended to call any group living in Scythia by the name "Scythians"; and the Gallic people at one time lived in part of what was once Scythia (the eastern European Galicia is on the Polish-Ukranian border). Other tribes that were considered to be Scythians included the Cimmerians/Cimbri/Cymry; the Geta/Geats/Goths, and the Iberians.

The Gallic tribes conquered most of Western Europe, including Spain and from there Ireland.

The Cimmerians migrated into Denmark where they settled in what became known as the Himmerland (Jutland Peninsula), and there they were known as the Cimbri. They were closely related ethnically and culturally to the Gallic people, as they shared the same language and religion. Some of their descendants who were driven out of Jutland by the invading Danes, went to Belgium and aligned themselves with the Gallic Belgae, and from there migrated to Britain where their descendants became known as the Cymry.

The Geta ended up migrating into Scandinavia where they became known as the Geats; while another group that migrated into Europe later became known as the Goths.

The Iberians, who originated to the east of the Caucasis, migrated west and settled in what is now Spain, giving it the name of their home-country, Iberia.