Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[Alanus]

Perhaps this whole 'Sarmatian' angle could just be dropped now, on the basis of there being no evidence for it whatsoever? :wink:

I concur.

To Cagwinn and Nathan Ross,

I would say that making the statement, "no evidence for it whatsoever" is a tad strong and misleading.
There is physical evidence of the earlier Iazyges in Britain, a famous stone stele with a draconarius that's pictured in every book on the subject, clean statements from good Roman historians that 5,500 Iazyges were sent into Britain, and a very nice Sarmatian ring-pommeled sword in the British Museum. These cites are just off the top of my head. But they certainly confute the above "no evidence" statements.

It remains contentious whether these early Sarmatians influenced a later post-Roman Briton or not. That's not the point. What is at stake here, are misleading, closed, and incorrect judgements which have no historical backing. :twisted: