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Bellantibus amantibusque omnia permittuntur.
17-Jan-10You can understand the reasoning behind some of these customs of the Sacae (according to Aelian):
“The horses of the Sacae, when they lose their master, wait for him to jump on again. If someone wishes to marry a girl, he fights her in single combat. And if she proves the stronger she leads him off as a captive and rules him; and if she is the loser, she is ruled. They fight to win, but not to the death. When they grieve they withdraw from people into certain cave-houses.” – Aelian 12.38