The Iazyges were an ancient Sarmatian tribe that traveled westward in c. 200 BC from Central Asia to the steppes of modern Ukraine. In c. 44 BC, they moved into modern-day Hungary and Serbia near the Dacian steppe between the Danube and Tisza rivers, where they adopted a semi-sedentary lifestyle.
Sculpted image of a Sarmatian from the Casa degli Omenoni
An illustration of several Iazygian barrel-shaped pots which have been discovered
Roman Balkans in the 1st century AD with the Jazyges Metanastæ between Roman Pannonia and Dacia
Roman cavalry (left) fighting Sarmatian cavalry (right)
The Sarmatians were a large confederation of ancient Iranian equestrian nomadic peoples who dominated the Pontic steppe from about the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD.
Sarmatian cataphracts in Trajan's column, 2nd century CE.
Reconstruction of early Sarmatian chieftain. Araltobe kurgan, Kazakhstan, III-II c. BC. Excavation of Z. Samashev.
Gold mirror, Mayerovsky III Kurgan 4 (Nikolaevsky District, Volgograd region), 2nd-1st centuries BCE.
Sarmatian bottle and lid (1st century CE, reproduction)