58. Of these four nations the Albanians are too well known
to require any description. The Segestans ['Sacastene, St.
Martin'] inhabited a large and level country, which still
preserves their name, to the south of Khorasan and thc west
of Hindostan. (See Geographia Nubiensis, p. 133; and
d'Herbelot, Bibliotheque Orientale, p. 797.) Notwithstanding
the boasted victory of Bahram (page 294), the Segestans,
above fourscore years afterwards, appear as an independent
nation, the ally of Persia. We are ignorant of the situation
of the Vertae and Chionites, but I am inclined to place them
(at least the latter) towards the confines of India and
Scythia. See Ammian. xvi. 9.