07-01-2009, 08:32 AM
Quote:What evidence in Lankhills is that?
It's been thought for a while that some of the grave goods from Lankhills indicated an origin in Sarmatia or Pannonia (I think it's discussed in Clarke's "Roman Cemetery at Lankhills" ...by far my favourite non-Germanic excavation report). There's been more recent work there (another 200 burials to go with the 300+ already excavated) and I heard Paul Booth gave a talk on the new discoveries at this year's Archaeology Conference at Cardiff. I can't quote exact details but the issue of Danubian/Sarmatian culture came up again.
I'm not suggesting for a moment that the Sarmatian force remained at full strength and culturally undiluted for 200+ years (I'm sure that the bulk if not all of any surviving effective heavy cavalry force would have been taken into Europe by MM)....my names not Melcor you know? :wink:
"Medicus" Matt Bunker
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