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The Sarmatians, Sarmatae or Sauromatae (Old Iranian Sarumatah 'archer') were a people originally of Iranian stock. Mentioned by classical authors, they migrated from Central Asia to the Ural Mountains around 5th century B.C. and eventually settled in most of southern European Russia, Ukraine, and the eastern Balkans.Around the year 100 BC, Sarmatian land ranged from Barents Sea or Baltic Sea ("Oceanus Sarmaticus") to tributary of Vistula River, to the Carpathian Mountains, to the mouth of the Danube, then eastward along the northern coast of the Black Sea, across the Caucasus to the Caspian Sea and north along the Volga up to the polar circle. The Sarmatians flourished from the time of Herodotus and allied partly with the Western Huns when they arrived in the 4th century AD. The Sarmatians were closely related to the (Skythian)) or Saka tribes.

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77 Sarmatian Roxolani Jackson
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4 Nobles Heavy cavalry bow Elite
2 Horse archers Medium cavalry bow ------
4 Light infantry Light infantry javelin ------
1 Light infantry Light infantry bow ----
2 Levy Levy ----
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2 Nobles* Heavy cavalry bow Elite
4 Horse archers Medium cavalry bow ------
2 Horse archers Light cavalry bow ------
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Scythian Ally Included ordinary
3 Horse archers* Light cavalry bow Elite
1 Horse archers Light cavalry bow ------


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