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title: Fragment from Alanic History
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα Ἀλανικῆς Ἱστορίας
author: Arrian of Nicomedia
eul_wid: pcs-ae
eul_aid: pcs
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/arrian-nicomedia-alanic-history-pcs-ae"
period: Roman
dialect: Atticizing
domain: Philosophy
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragment from Alanic History

*Ἀποσπάσματα Ἀλανικῆς Ἱστορίας*

**Author:** Arrian of Nicomedia

**eul_wid:** `pcs-ae` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/arrian-nicomedia-alanic-history-pcs-ae)

## Text

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FRAGMENTUM EX HISTORI ALANICA(?) Procopiu s , De bello Goth. IV 14, 47 sqq: ταύτην παραρρεῖ τὴν χώραν (sc. τὴν Λαζικὴν) ποταμός, Ῥέων ὄνομα, οὗ δὴ καὶ φρούριον ᾠκοδομήσαντο ἐκ παλαιοῦ Κόλχοι, οὗπερ ὕστερον αὐτοὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐς ἔδαφος καθεῖλον, ἐπεὶ ἐν πεδίῳ κείμενον ἐσάγαν ὑπτίῳ εὐέφοδον σφίσιν ἔδοξεν εἶναι. Κοτιάϊον δὲ τότε τὸ φρούριον ὠνομάζετο τῇ Ἑλλήνων φωνῇ, νῦν μέντοι Κόταϊς αὐτὸ καλοῦσι Λαζοὶ τῇ τῆς φωνῆς ἀγνοίᾳ τὴν τοῦ ὀνόματος διαφθείροντες ἁρμονίαν. ταῦτα μὲν Ἀριανὸς (sic) οὕτως ἱστό ρησεν.

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