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The '''Sitones''' were mysterious, or mythical, [[Germanic people]]. They are only mentioned |
The '''Sitones''' were mysterious, or mythical, people in somewhere in Northern Europe. [[Germanic people]]. They are only mentioned by [[Cornelius Tacitus]] in 97 CE. Tacitus considers them as a [[Germanic people]]. |
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"Bordering on the Suiones are the nations of the Sitones. They resemble them in all respects but one - woman is the ruling sex. That is the measure of their decline, I will not say below freedom, but even below decent slavery." |
"Bordering on the Suiones are the nations of the Sitones. They resemble them in all respects but one - woman is the ruling sex. That is the measure of their decline, I will not say below freedom, but even below decent slavery." |
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This may be a memory of a period in which the [[Suiones]] ( |
This may be a memory of a period in which the [[Suiones]] (the [[Svear]]) were ruled by a certain queen. Another speculative hypothesis is that the Sitones were living somewhere in present-day Western [[Finland]], and were actually a [[Finnic]] group. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Disas saga]] |
*[[Disas saga]] |
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[[Category:Ancient Germanic peoples]] |
[[Category:Ancient Germanic peoples]] |
Revision as of 13:08, 4 September 2006
The Sitones were mysterious, or mythical, people in somewhere in Northern Europe. Germanic people. They are only mentioned by Cornelius Tacitus in 97 CE. Tacitus considers them as a Germanic people.
"Bordering on the Suiones are the nations of the Sitones. They resemble them in all respects but one - woman is the ruling sex. That is the measure of their decline, I will not say below freedom, but even below decent slavery."
This may be a memory of a period in which the Suiones (the Svear) were ruled by a certain queen. Another speculative hypothesis is that the Sitones were living somewhere in present-day Western Finland, and were actually a Finnic group.
See also