Res gestae 23.6.64

23.6.64

Ultra haec utriusque Scythiae loca, contra orientalem plagam in orbis speciem consertae, celsorum aggerum summitates ambiunt Seras, ubertate regionum et amplitudine circumspectos, ab occidentali latere Scythis adnexos, a septentrione et orientali nivosae solitudini cohaerentes: qua meridiem spectant ad usque Indiam porrectos et Gangen. Appellantur autem ibidem montes Anniba et Auzacium et Asmira et Emodon et Oporocorra.

Beyond these lands of both Scythias, towards the east, the summits of lofty walls form a circle and enclose the Seres, remarkable for the richness and extent of their country. On the west they are bounded by the Scythians, and on the north and the east they extend to a snowclad waste; on the south they reach India and the Ganges. There are mountains there, called Anniba, Nazavicium, Asmira, Emodon, and Opurocorra.