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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Iazyges canonical	6
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 (9)

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

Marcomannic Wars → conflictCombatant → Iazyges ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roxolani

Marcomannic Wars → conflictCombatant → Iazyges ⓘ

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 ⓘ

Sarmatians → relatedEthnicGroup → Iazyges ⓘ

Sarmatians → confederationOf → Iazyges ⓘ