Sarmatians

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The Sarmatians were an ancient confederation of Iranian-speaking nomadic tribes who dominated the Pontic–Caspian steppe and played a major role in the history of Eastern Europe from the Classical to the early medieval period.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
nomadic confederation ⓘ
burialCustoms kurgan tumuli ⓘ
causeOfDecline Gothic and Hunnic invasions ⓘ
confederationOf Aorsi ⓘ
Iazyges ⓘ
Roxolani ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians

Siraces ⓘ
cultureType steppe culture ⓘ
declinePeriod 4th century CE ⓘ
dominantIn Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ
economy animal husbandry ⓘ
horse pastoralism ⓘ
trade with sedentary neighbors ⓘ
ethnicity Iranian-speaking ⓘ
influenced Alans ⓘ
Roman military cavalry traditions ⓘ
early Slavic cultures ⓘ
languageBranch Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Iranian languages ⓘ
lifestyle nomadic ⓘ
pastoralist ⓘ
materialCulture composite bows ⓘ
horse harness ornaments ⓘ
scale armor ⓘ
mentionedBy Herodotus ⓘ
Pliny the Elder ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Tacitus ⓘ
militaryType cavalry-based ⓘ
neighbor Germanic tribes ⓘ
linked to: Germanic peoples

Roman Empire ⓘ
Scythians ⓘ
linked to: Scythia

Thracians ⓘ
partOf Iranian steppe world ⓘ
playedRoleIn history of Eastern Europe ⓘ
region Eastern Europe ⓘ
Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Alans ⓘ
Iazyges ⓘ
Roxolani ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians

Scythians ⓘ
linked to: Scythia

Siraces ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
timePeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
early medieval period ⓘ
warfareSpecialization cataphracts ⓘ
heavy cavalry ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (49)

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

Iranian peoples → hasPart → Sarmatians ⓘ
Alans → relatedEthnicallyTo → Sarmatians ⓘ
Alans → neighboringPeoples → Sarmatians ⓘ
Iazyges → relatedTo → Roxolani ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Iazyges → relatedTo → Sarmatians ⓘ
Costoboci → neighboringGroup → Roxolani ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Eurasian Steppe → inhabitedBy → Sarmatians ⓘ
Quadi → neighboringPeople → Sarmatians ⓘ
Ossetia → historicalInfluenceFrom → Scytho-Sarmatian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Scythia → influenced → Sarmatians ⓘ
Classis Moesica → hasOpponents → Sarmatians ⓘ
Huns → neighborOf → Sarmatians ⓘ
Taurica → hasInhabitant → Sarmatians ⓘ
Colchians → borderedBy → Sarmatians ⓘ
Dacia Ripensis → defendedAgainst → Sarmatians ⓘ
Sarmatians → relatedEthnicGroup → Roxolani ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Sarmatians → confederationOf → Roxolani ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Moesia Inferior → facedRaidsFrom → Sarmatians ⓘ
Scythian languages → hasDialect → Sarmatian ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Alanian → partOf → Scytho-Sarmatian branch ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Peucini → neighboringPeoples → Sarmatians ⓘ
Late Scythian kingdom → sharesBorderWith → Sarmatian tribes ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Late Scythian kingdom → engagedIn → conflicts with Sarmatians ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Olbia Pontica → attackedBy → Sarmatians ⓘ
Saka people → relatedEthnicGroup → Sarmatians ⓘ
Sarmatia → inhabitedBy → Sarmatians ⓘ
Sarmatia → laterInfluenced → Roxolani ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Danubian frontier → borderWith → Sarmatian tribes ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Siraces → ethnicity → Sarmatians ⓘ
Siraces → neighboringPeople → Roxolani ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Siraces → modernScholarshipClass → North Caucasian Sarmatians ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Aorsi → relatedGroup → Sarmatians ⓘ
Aorsi → relatedGroup → Roxolani ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians
Carpi → associatedWith → Sarmatians ⓘ
Alans → relatedEthnicGroup → Sarmatians ⓘ
subject linked to: Alan
Scythians → neighbor → Sarmatians ⓘ
Scythians → conflict → Sarmatians ⓘ
Scythians → influenced → Sarmatians ⓘ
Roman–Sarmatian conflicts → opponent → Roxolani ⓘ
linked to: Sarmatians