The lords of the wolves

The end of the VI century BC The ruler of the Persian power, the “king of kings" Darius I, restoring calm and order in his state, felt the need for a large and, of course, victorious war, which was supposed to bring the heterogeneous tribes of his state closer and at the same time serve as a test of the firmness of this union. He conceived a campaign against the Black Sea Scythians and about 512 BC. invaded a huge army in the Northern Black Sea region. But not only the Scythians rose to the fight against the conqueror, but almost all the peoples between the Don and the Dnieper. A special contribution to the defeat of the Persians was made by a few and bold tribe of the Janines, whom the neighbors called the "wolves" overlords for their ability to enter into an alliance with these proud and merciless animals!