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cimmerians

n. (plural of Cimmerian English)

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The Cimmerians (also Kimmerians, Greek Kimmerioi) are an ancient people, first mentioned in the late 8th century BC in Assyrian records.

Likely originating in the Pontic steppe and invading by means of the Caucasus, they probably assaulted Urartu in c. 714 BC. They were defeated by Assyrian forces under Sargon II in 705 and turned towards Anatolia, conquering Phrygia in 696/5. They reached the height of their power in 652 after taking Sardis, the capital of Lydia. Soon after 619, Alyattes of Lydia defeated them. There are no further mentions of them in historical sources, but it is likely that they settled in Cappadocia.

Usage examples of "cimmerians".

You Cimmerians put much stock in your oaths, when you bother to take them.

Aquilonian renegades used to tell us Cimmerians when they came into the hills to raise an army to invade their own.

The Cimmerians were barbarians as ferocious as the Picts, and much more intelligent.

Picts or Cimmerians would have moved through the woods with no more noise than the wind makes as it blows through the black branches.

But the Cimmerians had not headed back to the north country -- no such luck.

The Moon Maid herself felt more kinship with this pride than with a pack of bothersome Cimmerians who treated her sex like dirt.

The bolt was made to resist common men, not Cimmerians of Conan's size and strength.

That's what the Aquilonian renegades used to tell us Cimmerians when they came into the hills to raise an army to invade their own.

Zingaran ought to know there's never been peace between Picts and Cimmerians, and never will be,' he retorted with an oath.