The Scaugdae were an ancient people living between the
Haemus Mountains and the
Danube
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river. They are known from only one passage from
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic ' ...
's ''
Naturalis Historia
The ''Natural History'' ( la, Naturalis historia) is a work by Pliny the Elder. The largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern day, the ''Natural History'' compiles information gleaned from other ancient authors. ...
'', where he mentions them alongside the
Aedi and
Clariae as the neighbours of the
Getae.
According to the scholar Georgi Mihailov, the Scaugdae were a Getic tribe.
See also
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List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia
This is a list of ancient cities, towns, villages, and fortresses in and around Thrace and Dacia. A number of these settlements were Dacian and Thracian, but some were Celtic, Greek, Roman, Paeonian, or Persian.
A number of cities in Dacia ...
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Ancient tribes in Romania
Getic tribes
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