Massagete

Die Massagete (Grieks: Μασσαγέται, d.w.s. Massagetai; Latyn: Massagetae) was 'n Irannese nomadiese konfederasie^[1][2][3][4] van die oudheid, hoofsaaklik bekend weens die geskrifte van Herodotos. Hul naam was moontlik verwant aan Getae en Thyssagetae.

1. ↑ Karasulas, Antony. Mounted Archers Of The Steppe 600 BC-AD 1300 (Elite). Osprey Publishing, 2004, ISBN 184176809X, p. 7.
2. ↑ Wilcox, Peter. Rome's Enemies: Parthians and Sassanids. Osprey Publishing, 1986, ISBN 0-85045-688-6, p. 9.
3. ↑ Gershevitch, Ilya. The Cambridge History of Iran (Volume II). Cambridge University Press, 1985, ISBN 0-521-20091-1, p. 48.
4. ↑ Grousset, René. The Empire of the Steppes. Rutgers University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-8135-1304-9, p. 547.