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A Summary of: Scythian Archers
Elizabeth Baughman, edition of January 30, 2003
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Athens.
Scythia.
In Athens the so-called “Scythian Archers,” who may or may not have been from Scythia and who may or may not have been archers, served as a police force, keeping order in public gatherings (the Council, the Assembly, and the Agora) and perhaps authorized to use force against citizens under certain circumstances.
When using this article as a resource, cite it thus:
Elizabeth Baughman, Summary of “Scythian Archers” (A. Mahoney and R. Scaife, edd., The Stoa: a consortium for scholarly publication in the humanities [www.stoa.org]) edition of January 30, 2003.
© January 30, 2003, Elizabeth Baughman.
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