The Hamaxobii (
Ancient Greek: Ἁμαξόβιοι),
AnglicizedHamaxobians or Amaxobians, were a nomadic tribe who lived in chariots with leather tents mounted on them.[1] They were
Scythians.[2] They were said to be descendants of the
Medes.[3]
The word is compounded of
Greek ἄμαξα ("chariot"), and βίος ("life").
References
^Constable, Archibald (1823). Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Enlarged and Improved, Volume 10 (6 ed.). University of Michigan. p. 233.
^"Hămaxŏbĭi". Archimedes.fas.harvard.edu/. Archived from
the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
^Turner, Richard (1779). A View of the Earth as it was known to the Ancients, being a short but comprehensive system of classical geography. The British Library. p. 22.
^Piccolomini, Aeneas; Bisaha, Nancy (2013). Europe (c. 1400-1458). Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press. p. 149.
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