41. Agrippa also restored effective Roman control over the Cimmerian Chersonnese ( Crimean Peninsula ) during his governorship. 42. The Cimmerian occupation of Lydia was brief, however, possibly due to an outbreak of plague. 43. Cimmerian people stayed in Anatolia but do not appear to have created a kingdom of their own.44. In effect, this also protects Aquilonia and the Hyborians from facing invasions by Picts or Cimmerians . 45. The closure of the Paleo-Tethys in the Middle Jurassic reduced the Cimmerian archipelago in Anatolia. 46. The Cimmerians were an ancient tribal group, contemporary with the Scythians, who lived in southern Ukraine. 47. Cimmerian pressure and attacks culminated in the suicide of its last king, Midas, according to legend.48. Survivors of butchered Stygian ships curse the name of B�lit and her Cimmerian warrior with fierce blue eyes. 49. The story concludes with the Cimmerian dreaming of raiding seaports and of the future plunder he will acquire. 50. Balthus had to admit : " My uncle was at Venarium when the Cimmerians swarmed over the walls.
