![]() A Scythian army sought to take revenge against the Macedonians for the death of Ateas, as they pushed the borders of their empire north and east, and to take advantage of a revolt by the local Sogdian satrap. In 329 BC Philip's son, Alexander the Great, came into conflict with the Scythians at the Battle of Jaxartes. In the aftermath of this defeat, the Celts seem to have displaced the Scythians from the Balkans while in south Russia, a kindred tribe, the Sarmatians, gradually overwhelmed them. Ateas died in battle, and his empire disintegrated. ![]() His westward expansion brought him into conflict with Philip II of Macedon (reigned 359 to 336 BC), who took military action against the Scythians in 339 BC. ![]() 63 BC â AD 24) reports that King Ateas united under his power the Scythian tribes living between the Maeotian marshes and the Danube. ![]()
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