Bastarnai — one of the most powerful tribes of Sarmatia Europaea, first became known to the Romans in the…
Ancient Greek word, found 18 times in the texts on Socratos.
Strabo, Geography 2.1.41: … υν τά τε Ἰβηρικὰ καὶ τὰ Κελτικά, μυρίῳ δὲ μᾶλλον τὰ Γερμανικὰ καὶ τὰ Βρεττανικά, ὡς δʼ αὕτως τὰ τῶν Γετῶν καὶ Βασταρνῶν. ἐπὶ πολὺ δʼ ἀγνοίας ἐτύγχανον ἀφιγμένοι καὶ τῶν κατʼ Ἰταλίαν καὶ τὸν Ἀδρίαν καὶ τὸν Πόντον καὶ τῶν ἐφεξῆς πρ …
Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Historia Romana 51.23.2: κατὰ δὲ δὴ τοὺς αὐτοὺς τούτους χρόνους ἐν οἷς ταῦτʼ ἐγίγνετο, ὁ Κράσσος ὁ Μᾶρκος ἔς τε τὴν Μακεδονίαν καὶ ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα πεμφθεὶς τοῖς τε Δακοῖς καὶ τοῖς Βαστάρναις ἐπολέμησε. καὶ περὶ μὲν ἐκείνων, οἵτινές τέ εἰσι καὶ διὰ τί ἐπολεμώθησαν,