Alans

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Iranian people ancient people nomadic people

The Alans were an ancient nomadic Iranian people known for their cavalry and for participating in major events of the late Roman Empire, including the Vandal-led sack of Rome in 455.

Aliases (2)

Sarmatian tribes ×1
Sarmatians ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian people → ancient people → nomadic people →
alliedWith	Suebi → Vandals →
conflictedWith	Huns → Western Roman Empire →
culturalLegacy	elements of Ossetian culture → toponyms in France → toponyms in Spain →
descendantGroup	Ossetians →
economy	pastoral nomadism →
ethnicGroup	Iranian peoples →
influenced	medieval Kingdom of Alania →
knownFor	cavalry warfare → horse archery → participation in late Roman Empire conflicts →
languageFamily	Iranian languages →
laterReligion	Christianity →
linguisticBranch	Eastern Iranian →
mentionedBy	Ammianus Marcellinus → Jordanes → Procopius →
migratedTo	Gaul → Hispania → North Africa →
militarySpecialization	heavy cavalry → light cavalry →
neighboringPeoples	Goths → Huns → Sarmatians →
notableEvent	crossing of the Rhine in 406 →
participatedIn	Great Migration → Vandal–Alan sack of Rome in 455 → invasions of the Western Roman Empire →
politicalForm	chiefdoms and tribal kingships →
presentIn	Roman military as federate troops →
region	Eurasian Steppe → North Caucasus → Pontic–Caspian steppe →
relatedEthnicallyTo	Sarmatians → Scythians →
religion	pre-Christian Iranian polytheism →
socialStructure	tribal confederation →
timePeriod	1st millennium AD → Late Antiquity →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ossetians → Ossetians ("Sarmatians") →	historicalAncestor
Vandals →	alliedWith
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains →	belligerent
Marcomannic Wars ("Sarmatian tribes") →	conflictCombatant
Vandal Kingdom →	ethnicGroup
Iranian peoples →	hasPart
Sack of Rome (455) →	involvedEthnicGroup
Vandals →	mergedWith
Iazyges →	relatedTo