One-third of this people's army was defeated when they became drunk after pillaging the site of a "splendid banquet.
ruler belonging to this ethnic group sent the message "rule your own people, and try to bear the sight of me ruling mine" to an invading army that was trying to build a bridge across a river. One-third of this people's army was defeated when they became drunk after pillaging the site of a "splendid banquet." Their crown prince, Spargapises, committed suicide in captivity. According to Ammianus Marcellinus, the Alans were the descendents of these ancient people. Like their neighbors the (*) Scythians, they carried the "sagaris," a battle-axe made of bronze. Queen Tomyris ruled these people who, according to Herodotus, lived in the desolate lands to the east of the Caspian Sea. For 10 points, what group of steppe nomads were responsible for killing Cyrus the Great?
ruler belonging to this ethnic group sent the message "rule your own people, and try to bear the sight of me ruling mine" to an invading army that was trying to build a bridge across a river.
Tomyris