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ALANI (Gr. 'AXavoi, 'AAavvoi ; Chines...

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ALANI (Gr. 'AXavoi, 'AAavvoi ; See also:Chinese 'O-lan-na; since the 9th See also:century A.U. they have been called As, Russ. Jasy, Georgian Ossi) , the easternmost See also:division of the Sarmatians (see See also:SCYTHIA), Iranian nomads with some Altaic admixture. First met with See also:north of the See also:Caspian, and later (c. 1st century A.D.) spreading into the See also:steppes of See also:Russia, the Alans made incursions into both the Danubian and the Caucasian provinces of the See also:Roman See also:empire. By the See also:Huns they were cut into two portions, of which the western joined the Germanic nations in their invasion of See also:southern See also:Europe, and, following the fortunes of the See also:Vandals, disappeared in North See also:Africa. Those of the eastern division, though dispersed about the steppes until See also:late See also:medieval times, were by fresh invading hordes forced into the See also:Caucasus, where they remain as the Ossetes. At one See also:time partially Christianized by See also:Byzantine missionaries, they had almost relapsed into heathenism, but are now under See also:Russian See also:influence returning to See also:Christianity. (E. H.

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