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
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 Quadi were a Germanic people during the Roman era, who were prominent in Greek and Roman records from about 20 AD to about 400 AD. By about 20 AD they had a kingdom centred in the area of present-
A sesterce of Antoninus Pius, 143 AD which says REX QUADIS DATUS (King given to Quadi)
The "Miracle of the Rain" depicted on the Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome
A monument found in Trenčín. "To the victory of emperor dedicated by 855 soldiers of II. Legion of an army stationed in Laugaricio. Made to order of Marcus Valerius Maximianus, a legate of the Second Auxiliary legion."
Caracalla: Museo Nazionale Napoli