He conquered them in a decisive battle, and thus taught them that they were not invincible.

Alexander the Great assailed them and spread the terror of his arms throughout all the region between the Danube and the Dnieper.

Subsequently the Roman legions advanced to the Euxine, and planted their eagles upon the heights of the Caucasus.
The Roman historians seem to have dropped the Scythian name, and they called the whole northern expanse of Europe and Asia, Sarmatia, and the barbarous inhabitants Sarmatians.

About the time of our Saviour, some of these fierce tribes from the banks of the Theiss and the Danube, commenced their assaults upon the frontiers of the Roman empire.

This was the signal for that war of centuries, which terminated in the overthrow of the throne of the Caesars.