Sarmatians

Sarmatians appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Russia and the Steppe (Europe) from c. 300 BCE to 375 CE, a span of 674 years. Its people spoke Iranian languages (Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish).

Iranian nomads known for armoured lancers and women warriors who displaced the Scythians and fought Rome on the Danube. The Huns broke them, and their Alan branch joined the Vandals.

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Facts

Dates

c. 300 BCE to 375 CE

Duration

674 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Russia and the Steppe, Europe

Language family

Iranian

Came from

• Scythians c. 700 to 250 BCE

Became

• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 218 BCE Hannibal crosses the Alps
• 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar
• 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
• 313 Edict of Milan
• 330 Constantinople dedicated

Neighbours in Europe

• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Sparta c. 900 to 192 BCE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Etruscan civilization c. 720 to 90 BCE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Kingdom of Macedon c. 700 to 168 BCE
• Syracuse c. 734 to 212 BCE
• Roman Britain 43 to 410 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa

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