Iazyges

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Sarmatian people ancient nomadic people

The Iazyges were a Sarmatian nomadic people of the Eurasian steppe who settled in the Carpathian Basin and became notable adversaries of the Roman Empire during the Marcomannic Wars.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Iazygii 1
Roxolani 1
Yazygian Sarmatians 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sarmatian people ⓘ
ancient nomadic people ⓘ
adversaryOf Roman Empire ⓘ
alliedWith Marcomanni ⓘ
Quadi ⓘ
areaOfActivity Carpathian Basin ⓘ
surface form: Pannonian Plain

Carpathian Basin ⓘ
surface form: Tisza River region
conflictedWith Dacian tribes ⓘ
surface form: Dacians

Romans ⓘ
continent Eurasia ⓘ
culture Sarmatian culture ⓘ
declinePeriod Late Roman period ⓘ
economy pastoral nomadism ⓘ
ethnicity Sarmatian ⓘ
ethnonymForm Iazyges self-link ⓘ
Iazyges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iazygii
ethnonymLanguage Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
languageFamily Iranian languages ⓘ
mentionedBy Ammianus Marcellinus ⓘ
Cassius Dio ⓘ
Tacitus ⓘ
migratedTo Carpathian Basin ⓘ
militarySpecialty cataphract cavalry ⓘ
heavy cavalry ⓘ
modernHistoriographyTopic Roman–barbarian relations ⓘ
neighborOf Roman Empire ⓘ
paidTo Roman Empire ⓘ
participatedIn Marcomannic Wars ⓘ
partOf Sarmatian tribal group ⓘ
paymentType tribute ⓘ
politicalOrganization tribal confederation ⓘ
region Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
surface form: Eurasian steppe
relatedTo Alans ⓘ
Sarmatians ⓘ
surface form: Roxolani

Sarmatians ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
religiousInfluence Iranian religion ⓘ
steppe nomad beliefs ⓘ
settledIn Carpathian Basin ⓘ
statusUnderRome client people ⓘ
subjectTo Roman Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century AD ⓘ
2nd century AD ⓘ
3rd century AD ⓘ
usedArmor lamellar armor ⓘ
scale armor ⓘ
usedWeapon long spear ⓘ
sword ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

this entity surface form: Roxolani
this entity surface form: Yazygian Sarmatians
Iazyges → ethnonymForm → Iazyges self-link ⓘ
Iazyges → ethnonymForm → Iazyges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iazygii
Costoboci → neighboringGroup → Iazyges ⓘ
Bella Marcomannica → opponent → Iazyges ⓘ