(1187). Around 77 AD, Pliny the Elder described birds, among other creatures, in his Historia Naturalis.

The earliest record of falconry comes from the reign of Sargon II (722-705 BC) in Assyria. Falconry is thought to have made its entry to Europe only after 400 AD, brought in from the east after invasions by the Huns and Alans. Starting from