Originally posted by Arevapasht
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The Celts partly displaced the Scythian confederacy from Eastern Europe and Celtic culture has Etruscan, Italic, Greek and Scythian influences. The same is true of the Balkan peninsula where the Thracians mixed with Celts and Scythians.
The Scythians where also well known to the Greeks and I know that Herodotus wrote about them.
Herodotus on the Scythians
http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Scythians.html
I also know that the Eastern Germanics Vandals and Sarmatians (Alans) where allys.
Around 370, the Alans were overwhelmed by the Huns. They were divided into several groups, some of whom fled westward. A portion of these western Alans joined the Vandals and the Sueves in their invasion of Roman Gaul.
Alans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alans and Slavs
Some historians argue that the arrival of the Huns on the European steppe forced a portion of Alans previously living there to move northwest into the land of Venedes, possibly merging with Western Balts there to become the precursors of historic Slav nations.[25])
It's believed that some Alans resettled to the North (Barsils), merging with Volga Bulgars and Burtas, eventually transforming to Volga Tatars[26]
Some historians argue that the arrival of the Huns on the European steppe forced a portion of Alans previously living there to move northwest into the land of Venedes, possibly merging with Western Balts there to become the precursors of historic Slav nations.[25])
It's believed that some Alans resettled to the North (Barsils), merging with Volga Bulgars and Burtas, eventually transforming to Volga Tatars[26]






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