braies

...The horse-riding nomads of the ancient Orient were not as influenced by the customs of the agricultural societies of the oases of Mesopotamia and Egypt as the Persians, and it is said that they maintained their traditional national clothing even amid the torrent of Hellenistic culture that began around the 3rd century BCE. On the other hand, the Celts, who had advanced to the lower Danube and the Near East before the Germanic peoples from around the end of the 6th century BCE and had come into contact with the Scythians and Persians, spread the custom of wearing long trousers (French braies) to Germania and Gaul as they moved westward under the pressure of the Huns in the 2nd century BCE. During the period of the migration of the Germanic peoples from the end of the 4th century onwards, the Goths brought the horse riding techniques and trousers of the Sarmatians to Western Europe. ...

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…古代オリエントの騎馬遊牧民は，ペルシア人ほどにはメソポタミアやエジプトのオアシス農耕社会の風俗に染まらず，前3世紀ころからはじまるヘレニズム文化の奔流の中にあっても，よく民族服の伝統を維持していたといわれる。一方，前6世紀の末ころから，ゲルマン人に先立って，ドナウ下流や近東に進出し，スキタイ人やペルシア人と接触していたケルト人は，前2世紀にフン族におされて西方へ移動する過程で，ゲルマニアとガリアに長ズボン(フランス語のブレーbraies)をはく風習を広めた。4世紀末以来ゲルマン民族移動の時代になると，今度はゴート人がサルマート人の乗馬術とズボンを西ヨーロッパにもちこんだ。…

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