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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Alans canonical	30
Alanic	1
Alans (as allies of Goths in some phases)	1
Alans of the North Caucasus	1
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 ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Hispania North Africa ⓘ
militarySpecialization	heavy cavalry ⓘ light cavalry ⓘ
neighboringPeoples	Goths ⓘ Huns ⓘ Sarmatians ⓘ
notableEvent	crossing of the Rhine in 406 ⓘ
participatedIn	Great Migration ⓘ Sack of Rome 455 AD ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Scythia ⓘ surface form: Scythians
religion	pre-Christian Iranian polytheism ⓘ
socialStructure	tribal confederation ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium AD ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sack of Rome 455 AD → involvedEthnicGroup → Alans ⓘ

subject surface form: Sack of Rome (455)

Marcomannic Wars → conflictCombatant → Alans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sarmatian tribes

Ossetians → historicalAncestor → Alans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sarmatians

Iranian peoples → hasPart → Alans ⓘ

Vandal Kingdom → ethnicGroup → Alans ⓘ

Vandals → alliedWith → Alans ⓘ

Vandals → mergedWith → Alans ⓘ

Iazyges → relatedTo → Alans ⓘ

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains → belligerent → Alans ⓘ

Ossetia → historicalInfluenceFrom → Alans ⓘ

Lazic War → hasParticipant → Alans ⓘ

Alanic language → spokenBy → Alans ⓘ

Alanic language → ethnicGroup → Alans ⓘ

Huns → neighborOf → Alans ⓘ

Huns → foughtAgainst → Alans ⓘ

Sarmatians → relatedEthnicGroup → Alans ⓘ

Sarmatians → influenced → Alans ⓘ

Khazar Khaganate → populationIncludes → Alans ⓘ

Great Migration → involved → Alans ⓘ

medieval Kingdom of Alania → namedAfter → Alans ⓘ

medieval Kingdom of Alania → ethnicGroup → Alans ⓘ

medieval Kingdom of Alania → language → Alans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alanic

Alanian → ethnicGroup → Alans ⓘ

Alanian → historicallySpokenBy → Alans ⓘ

Alanian → associatedPeople → Alans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alans of the North Caucasus

Jovinus → supportedBy → Alans ⓘ

Gunderic → tribeLed → Alans ⓘ

Roman Spain → laterInvadedBy → Alans ⓘ

Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE) → participant → Alans ⓘ

Gothic War (376–382) → belligerent → Alans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alans (as allies of Goths in some phases)

Chronicle of Hydatius → mentionsGroup → Alans ⓘ

Battle of the Campus Mauriacus → belligerent → Alans ⓘ

Tmutarakan → ethnicComposition → Alans ⓘ

аланы → mentionedAs → Alans ⓘ