Early 15th century German chronicler Dietrich from Nieheim to determine the origins of the Samogitians that had interested him at the Council of Constance: in his chronicle while describing the wars of the Franks and Saxons, he put forth an idea that a part of the Saxons, not wanting to surrender to the leaders of the Franks, left and settled in Samogitia. As the Saxons were said to originate from the soldiers of Alexander the Great, the Samogitians could be treated as distance descendants of these soldiers.

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Where We Came From: The Myth of the Roman Lineage of Lithuanians