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In their dress and mode of living the Massagetae resemble the
Scythians. They fight both on horseback and on foot, neither method
is strange to them: they use bows and lances, but their favourite
weapon is the battle-axe. Their arms are all either of gold or
brass. For their spear-points, and arrow-heads, and for their
battle-axes, they make use of brass; for head-gear, belts, and
girdles, of gold. So too with the caparison of their horses, they
give them breastplates of brass, but employ gold about the reins, the
bit, and the cheek-plates. They use neither iron nor silver, having
none in their country; but they have brass and gold in abundance.
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