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The Name of China and its Geography in Cosmas Indicopleustes |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:43 来源：不详
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bsp;make up the length of the earth from Tzinitza to the west, he will find that there are somewhere about four hundred stages, each thirty miles in length. The measurement is to be made in this way: from Tzinitza to the borders of Persia, between are included all Unnia (Gr. Ούννία), India, and the country of the Bactrians, there are about one hundred and fifty stages at least; the whole country of the Persians has eighty stations; and from Nisibis to Seleucia there are thirteen stages; and from Seleucia to Rome and the Gaul and Iberia… there are more than one hundred and fifty stages; thus making altogether the number of stages to be four hundred, more or less.”[21]
Unnia was also called the White Hun by Cosmas in the book xi of his work, and was known to other Byzantine authors (such as Theophanes and Procopius) with the name of Ephthalites or Hephthalites, it was the dominant nation in Tansoxiana in the very beginning of the 6th century. Cosmas’ mention of Unnia together with India (certainly the north India in this case) and Bactria and the& << 上一页 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] ... 下一页 >> |
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