BASTARNAE  , the easternmost See also:

• PEOPLE

people of the Germanic See also:

• RACE

race, the first to come into contact with the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• WORLD

world and the Slays . Originally settled` in See also:

• GALICIA (Ger. Galizien; Pol. Halicz)
• GALICIA (the ancient Gallaecia or Callaecia, KaMauci,a or KaXau da)

Galicia and the See also:

• BUKOVINA

Bukovina, they appeared on the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube about 200 B.C., and were used by See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip V. of Macedon against his Thracian neighbours . Defeated by these the Bastamae returned See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, leaving some of their number (hence called Peucini) settled on Peuce, an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the Danube . Their See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• BODY

body occupied the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country between the eastern Carpathians and the Danube . As See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies of See also:

• PERSEUS

Perseus and of See also:

• MITHRADATES

Mithradates the See also:

• GREAT

Great, and lastly on their own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, they had hostile relations with the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans who in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus defeated them, and made a See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, which was disturbed by a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of incursions . In these the Bastarnae after a time gave See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to the Goths, with whom they seem to have amalgamated, and we last hear of them as transferred by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• PROBUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• PROBUS, MARCUS VALERIUS

Probus to the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Danube . See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius and the authors who copy him regard the Bastarnae as Galatae; See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo, having learned of the Romans to distinguish Celts and Germans, first allows a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element; See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus expressly declares their German origin' but says that the race was degraded by inter-See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with Sarmatians . The descriptions of their bodily See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, tribal divisions, manner of See also:

• LIFE

life and methods of warfare are such as are applied to either race . No doubt they were an outpost of the Germans, and so had absorbed into themselves strong Getic, See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic and Sarmatian elements . (E . H .