In the time of the Roman Emperor Claudius [II Gothicus],[1] the survivors of the Scythians, being roused as a result of their previous attacks in the time of Gallienus the small,[2] having taken as allies (H)eruli and Peuci and Goths and gathering together around the River Tyras,[3] entered the Black Sea.[4] After they had built 900 ships and had put 32,000 men on them, they sailed across the Black Sea, attacked the city of Tomi[5] and were repelled. [They fared] likewise against Marcianopolis.[6] Moreover, when they arrived at the straits of Propontis, the ships dashed against one another because of the current, and their hulls were carried in disarray when the pilots lost hold of the rudders. The result was that some sank with their crews and others without men ran aground, and the majority [of the men] perished. The survivors, on the other hand, sailed against Cyzicus and, after they had been carried as far as [Mount] Athos and had taken care of the ships, besieged Cassandria and Thessalonica. After they were repelled, they went inland, plundered the entire country, and were destroyed throughout several countries. But as many as survived were enlisted by the Byzantines and turned to farming.