Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 22.8.24

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[24] Beyond these territories are the populous districts of the Camaritae,¹ and the Phasis in impetuous course borders on the Colchians, an ancient race of Egyptian origin. There,² among other cities, is Phasis, which gets its name from the river, and Dioscurias, well known even to this day, said to have been founded by Amphitus and Cercius of Sparta, the charioteers of Castor and Pollux, and founders of the nation of the Heniochi.³

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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History (English) (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).)

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[24] Post haec confinia, Camaritarum pagi sunt celebres, et Phasis fremebundis cursibus Colchos attingit, Aegyptiorum antiquam subolem, ubi inter civitates alias Phasis est nomine fluvii dictitata, et Dioscurias nunc nune usque nota, cuius auctores Amphitus et Cercius Spartani traduntur, aurigae Castoris et Pollucis, quibus Heniochorum natio est instituta.

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1. Bands of pirates, using small ships called camarae.

2. Cf. Hdt. ii. 103-4; Val. Flacc. v. 418 ff.

3. From ἡνίοχος, charioteer; Dioscurias is derived from Dioscuri, i.e. ( διόσκουροι), the sons of Zeus, Castor and Polydeuces (Pollux).

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.8.24

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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