Pseudo-Callisthenes refers to the author of a 3rd century work known as the “Alexander Romance”. There are numerous version of it including one Greek version (written circa 800) which contains a list of peoples including some of the peoples of more recent vintage:
“I Alexander, king of the Macedonians, conquered a great number of peoples: the Avars, the Slavs … the Rus, the Khazars, the Bulgars … and others we’ve brought under our yoke without war so that they paid tribute.”
From the Heinrich Meusel edition (based on a 15th/16th century manuscript):
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