Amaga is the queen of the Sarmatians at the end of the 3rd or beginning of the 2nd century BC, the wife of Tsar Medosak. The story of Amagus is known by Polian (II century) [1] .
Amaga ruled instead of her husband and helped Chersonesos after the residents of this city complained of raids by the Scythians . Together with 120 selected warriors, each of whom received three horses at their disposal, the Sarmatian queen overcame more than 200 km in a day and suddenly appeared in the Scythian headquarters. Amaga killed the Scythian king, and the power passed him to his son, ordering to rule fairly and not touch the neighbors.
Her granddaughter is Princess Gipsykratia, wife of Mithridates.
It is believed that Amaghe belongs to the rich burial of the Sarmatian queen or priestess in the Nogaychinsky mound in the Nizhnegorsky district of Crimea [2] .
At present, the name Amag is quite common among Ossetians .
Links
- The first written evidence of the Sarmatians.
- Popular science film Sarmatian Treasures
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Notes
- ↑ Polyan. Strategies VIII 56 (The Caucasus and the Don in the works of ancient authors. 1990, pp. 334–335)
- ↑ The richest burial of the Sarmatian aristocracy in Crimea. (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Hypsicracy (Russian) // Wikipedia. - 2017-10-12.