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 Rhoxolani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Their first recorded homeland lay between the Don and Dnieper rivers; they migrated in the 1st century BC toward the Danube, to what is now the Baragan steppes in Romania.
Bk1.79) describes the weight of the armor worn by the 'princes and most distinguished persons' made 'it difficult for such as have been overthrown by the charge of the enemy to regain their feet' The long two-handed kontos lance, the primary melee weapon of the Sarmatians, was unusable in these conditions.
During Trajan's Dacian Wars, the Rhoxolani at first sided with the Dacians, providing them with most of their cavalry strength, but they were defeated in the first campaign of AD101-102.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhoxolani   (465 words)

  
 TürkicWorld
, leader of Rhoxolani, ally of Palacus, King of Crimean Scythians, against Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus.
Peace with king of Rhoxolani, probably P. Aelius Rasparaganus.
Rhoxolani, North of East Danube border shortly before death of Marcus Aurelius.
s155239215.onlinehome.us /turkic/70_Dateline/alan_dateline_Ru.htm   (3529 words)

  
 Sarmatia - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Sarmatians, who until c.200 BC lived E of the Don River, spoke an Indo-Iranian language and were a nomadic pastoral people related to the Scythians (see Scythia), whom they displaced in the Don region.
The main divisions were the Rhoxolani, the Iazyges, and the Alans or Alani.
They came into conflict with the Romans but later allied themselves with Rome, acting as buffers against the Germans.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-sarmatia.html   (264 words)

  
 Dacian (60 BC? - 106 AD) - DBA 68
Unlike their barbarian neighbors to the north, the Dacians evolved a well-organized society centered around defensive strongholds (oppida), which quickly evolved into cities such as their capital Sarmizegethusa.
Not reflected in the DBA list are Rhoxolani Sarmatians, who provided cavalry to the Dacians, and artillery, representing captured Roman ballistae and catapults, which were most frequently employed in defense of the Dacian oppida.
The enemies of Dacia include their neighbors and occasional allies, the Sarmatians (Siracae, Iazyges or Later Rhoxolani) (#55c) and the Early Imperial Romans (#64), including one Marcus Ulpius Traianus (Trajan) in particular.
www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/dba68.html   (1707 words)

  
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The island located near the mouth of the Tanais river is Alopecia or Tanais island
The Greater Venedae races inhabit Sarmatia along the entire Venedicus bay; and above Dacia are the Peucini and the Basternae; and along the entire coast of Maeotis are the Iazyges and the Rhoxolani; more toward the interior from these are the Amaxobii and the Scythian Alani.
What is clear is that prior to the Gothic invasion, Rhoxolani were the "Royal Scythians", having united multiple peoples into a multi-ethnic confederation under their leadership.
wanclik.free.fr /tanais.htm   (1834 words)

  
 Dacia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Iazyges allies - List: Siracae, lazyges, Later Rhoxolani Sarmatians (Bk 2 p25)
Dacia was always a source of raids into the lands south of the Danube, but became a greater menace under two ambitious kings, Burebistas and Decebalus.
Iazyges allies - List: Siracae, Iazyges, Later Rhoxolani Sarmatians (Bk 2)
www.thrace.0catch.com /dacians_main.htm   (3214 words)

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