Explore Sarmatians through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sarmatians meaning
plural of Sarmatian
Using Sarmatians
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Sarmatian
- In the example corpus, sarmatians often appears in combinations such as: the sarmatians, sarmatians and, and sarmatians.
Context around Sarmatians
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sarmatians
- In this selection, "sarmatians" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, resurgent, dominant, surrounding, scythians, fought and speculation stand out and add context to how "sarmatians" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and cultures sarmatians scythians dacians and declares that sarmatians scythians and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sarmatians" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sarmatians
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Evidently the Sarmatians have conquered westward to the Vistula. (9 words)
Of these, the Sarmatians and the Dacians posed the most formidable threat. (12 words)
Thus even Scythians and Sarmatians sent envoys to seek the friendship of Rome. (13 words)
It is possible that he was dismissed from his command by the emperor Valentinian I after the loss of two of Theodosius' legions to the Sarmatians in late 374. The death of Valentinian I in 375 created political pandemonium. (39 words)
Archaeology Scythians and Sarmatians Speculation that the idea of Amazons contains a core of reality is based on archaeological findings from burials, pointing to the possibility that some Sarmatian women may have participated in battle. (35 words)
It is possible that some Bastarnae may have been assimilated by the surrounding (and possibly dominant) Sarmatians, perhaps adopting their tongue (which belonged to the Iranian group of Indo-European languages) and/or Sarmatian customs. (35 words)
Example sentences (15)
According to Herodotus, the Sarmatians fought with the Scythians against Darius the Great in the 5th century BC.
Archaeology Scythians and Sarmatians Speculation that the idea of Amazons contains a core of reality is based on archaeological findings from burials, pointing to the possibility that some Sarmatian women may have participated in battle.
Barnes, Constantine and Eusebius, 7; Corcoran, "Before Constantine", 40; Southern, 143. On his return to the East, Diocletian managed what was probably another rapid campaign against the resurgent Sarmatians.
Evidently the Sarmatians have conquered westward to the Vistula.
Following the Hunnic invasion in 370, other Alans, along with other Sarmatians, migrated westward.
In the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD, the Greek physician Galen declares that Sarmatians, Scythians and other northern peoples have reddish hair.
It has been suggested that the Welsh legendary name Pendragon came from the word "head of the dragons", the name of the commander of the Sarmatians situated in sub-Roman Ribchester.
It is possible that he was dismissed from his command by the emperor Valentinian I after the loss of two of Theodosius' legions to the Sarmatians in late 374. The death of Valentinian I in 375 created political pandemonium.
It is possible that some Bastarnae may have been assimilated by the surrounding (and possibly dominant) Sarmatians, perhaps adopting their tongue (which belonged to the Iranian group of Indo-European languages) and/or Sarmatian customs.
Of these, the Sarmatians and the Dacians posed the most formidable threat.
Some elements appear to have become assimilated, to some extent, by the surrounding Sarmatians by the 3rd century.
The Alans are an Iranian speaking people (see also Sarmatians and Ossetians ) who were early adopters of Christianity and migrated both east and west from their homeland.
The Peucini Bastarnae would have been critical to this venture since, as coastal and delta dwellers, they would have had seafaring experience that the nomadic Sarmatians and Goths lacked.
Thus even Scythians and Sarmatians sent envoys to seek the friendship of Rome.
Todd (2004) 23-4 A complicating factor is that the regions where Bastarnae are attested contained a patchwork of peoples and cultures (Sarmatians, Scythians, Dacians, Thracians, Celts, Germans and others), some sedentary, some nomadic.
Common combinations with sarmatians
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: