Book 2
5.7
Taking therefore these distances, which have been ascertained by voyages, we have only to find out how far beyond the Dnieper the land is habitable, (being careful always to continue in the same straight line,) and we shall arrive at a knowledge of the northern boundaries of our earth.
5.7
Beyond the Dnieper dwell the Roxolani,The Roxolani inhabited the Ukraine. It has been thought that from these people the Russians derived their name. the last of the Scythians with which we are acquainted; they are nevertheless more south than the farthest nationsStrabo here alludes to Ireland, which he placed north of England, and believed to be the most northerly region fitted for the habitation of man. He gave it a latitude of 36,700 stadia, equivalent to 52° 25′ 42″, which answers to the southern portions of that island. we know of beyond Britain. Beyond these Roxolani the country is uninhabitable on account of the severity of the climate. The SauromateThe Sauromatae, or Sarmatians, occupied the lands north of the sea of Azof on either side of the Don. who live around the Maeotis, and the other ScythiansThe Scythians here spoken of dwelt between the Don and the Wolga; east of this last river were the Eastern Scythians, who were thought to occupy the whole north of Asia. as far as the Scythians of the East, dwell farther south.
