The History of Prussia - From the Earliest Times to the Present Day; Tracing the Origin and Development of Her Military Organization #232523

We are upon safer ground in affirming that the manners and customs Of the Old Prussians were originally very much akin to those Of the ancient Germans, as described by Tacitus, mixed up with which were practices and Observances borrowed from the Sclaves and Scandinavians, in whose proximity they dwelt, and who, doubtless, influenced them in a variety Of ways.