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[flowersinweeds]

"In what concerns war, their customs are the following. The Scythian soldier drinks the blood of the first man he overthrows in battle. Whatever number he slays, he cuts off all their heads, and carries them to the king; since he is thus entitled to a share of the booty, whereto he forfeits all claim if he does not produce a head. In order to strip

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[ridiculousman]

Tamburlaine!
A Scythian shepherd so embellished
With nature's pride and richest furniture!

[foreign_lawns]

I heard once of a Scythian army about to engage in combat with the Persians (or perhaps the Macedonians or Dacians?) that suddenly changed direction on horseback and took off hunting a bunch of rabbits that caught their eye. Apparently the Ukrainian steppes were riddled with enormous numbers of bunnies. I wonder if they ever mounted a counter-attack.