И тук вече настъпва голямото шоу:
"For instance, a careful read of Marcellianus's lone sentence,as Bachrach shows us,says only that in 'earlier times' Alans were 'called' Masagetae, implying the mixed of the Alans.In addition,as Bachrach rightly points out,Marcellianus's claim is based on third hand testimony from Dio Cassius,who in turn relys on Lucan.Further ,Ammianus Marcellianus contradicts himself--first he suggests that 'almost all of the Alans are tall and blond'ironically this statement alone negates their 'Scythian' origin) then mantains them to be identical to Huns.Later on Ammianus Marcellianus describes these very Huns as short,misshapen,and ugly."