The Greeks arrive on the shores of the Black Sea and found colonies to trade with the Getae. War soon comes to the region, however, as the Persian Empire marches an army right through the territory of the Getae on its way to battling the Scythians.

The map below shows the peoples living around the Black Sea in around 520 BCE, before the Persian Empire begins its Scythian expedition. It’s important to note that the coloured areas showing where the Getae and Scythians are didn’t only have Getic and Scythian tribes. There were other peoples living in those regions as well; the coloured areas are meant to show the area where Getic and Scythian tribes lived.