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IAZYGES , a tribe of Sarmatians first heard of on the Maeotis, where they were among the See also:

ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies of 1blithradates the See also:

GREAT

Great. Moving westward across See also:

SCYTHIA (Gr. EKuOia)

Scythia, and hence called Metanastae, they were on the See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube by the See also:

time of See also:

OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, and about A.D. 5o occupied the plains See also:

east of the See also:

THEISS (Hungarian, Tisza; Lat., Tisia or Tissus)

Theiss. Here, under the See also:

general name of See also:

SARMATAE, or SAUROMATAE (the second form is mostly used by the earlier Greek writers, the other by the later Greeksand the Romans)

Sarmatae, they were a perpetual trouble to the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

province of See also:

DACIA

Dacia. They were divided into freemen and See also:

SERFS, SERROS

serfs (Sarmatae Limigantes), the latter of whom had a , different manner of See also:

LIFE

life and were probably an older settled See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population enslaved by See also:

NOMAD (Gr. voµas, voµabes, wandering)

nomad masters. They See also:

rose against them in A.D. 334, but were repressed by See also:

FOREIGN

foreign aid. Nothing is heard of Iazyges or Sarmatae after the Hunnish invasions. See also:

GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

Graves at Keszthely and elsewhere in the Theiss valley, shown by their contents to belong to nomads of the first centuries A.D., are referred to the Iazyges. (E. H.

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