The Iazyges (/ aɪˈæzɪdʒiːz /) [a] were an ancient Sarmatian tribe that traveled westward in c. 200 BC from Central Asia to the steppes of modern Ukraine. In c. 44 BC, they moved into modern-day Hungary and Serbia near the Dacian steppe between the Danube and Tisza rivers, where they adopted a semi- sedentary lifestyle.

The name "Sarmatians" eventually came to be applied to the whole of the new people formed out of these migrations, whose constituent tribes were the Aorsi, Roxolani, Alans, and the Iazyges.

The Iazyges (or Jazygians) were one such constituent sub-group, usually described as being Sarmatians (although there was very little difference between them and the Alani). In time the general Sarmatian confederation settled much of southern European Russia …

Jul 15, 2020 · The biggest Sarmatian tribe on the Danube was that of the Iazyges, who joined up with the Germanic tribes between 167 to 180 during the Marcomannic Wars, fighting with them against the Romans.

By the 5th century bc the Sarmatians held control of the land between the Urals and the Don River. In the 4th century they crossed the Don and conquered the Scythians, replacing them as rulers of almost all of southern Russia by the 2nd century.

The Iazyges (/ aɪˈæzɪdʒiːz /) were an ancient Sarmatian tribe that traveled westward in c. 200 BC from Central Asia to the steppes of modern Ukraine. In c. 44 BC, they moved into modern-day Hungary and Serbia near the Dacian steppe between the Danube and Tisza rivers, where they adopted a semi- sedentary lifestyle.

Apr 2, 2025 · The Iazyges, certainly the most commonly known tribe to the Romans, settled along the Danube, between Dacia and Pannonia, soon to be in direct conflict with Rome.

IAZYGES, a tribe of Sarmatians first heard of on the Maeotis, where they were among the allies of Mithradates the Great. Moving westward across Scythia, and hence called Metanastae, they were on the lower Danube by the time of Ovid, and about …

a nomadic Sarmatian tribe that formed a tribal alliance and in the second century B.C. settled in the region around the northern shore of the Sea of Azov. In the Iazyges’ society the clan structure began disintegrating, and a class society took shape. Together with the Roxolani, the Iazyges warred against the Roman Empire.

Jan 15, 2019 · The major defeat of the Iazyges during the so-called Sarmatian Wars was in a battle on the frozen river of Ister, the ancient name of the Danube. As described by Roman chronicler Dion, the nomads thought that the ice surface of the river would give them an advantage because their horses were used to such slippery terrain.