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 …

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.

Mar 5, 2019 · The Iazyges, wild, bold riders, scoured over the plains of the Danube and Theiss valleys on their unbroken horses, while their only dwellings were the waggons drawn by oxen in which they carried their wives and children.

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.

The Iazyges (Jazyges is an orthographic variant) were a nomadic tribe. Known also as Jaxamatae, Ixibatai, Iazygite, Jászok, Ászi. They were a branch of the Sarmatian people who, c. 200 BC, swept westward from central Asia onto the …

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 …

The Iazyges were a Balkan tribe which migrated from Central Asia to Ukraine in 200 BC and then to Hungary and Serbia in 44 BC. The Iazyges were initially used as a buffer state between the Roman Empire and the Dacians, and the Iazyges later became sovereign subjects of Rome.

What does Ἰάζυγες‎ mean? Possibly of Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian *yaz-‎ ("to sacrifice"), from *Hyájati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́ati‎ ("to sacrifice, worship"). Or, related to *hižwáH. More at Iazyges. : Iazyges (Latin) Origin & history Borrowed from Ancient Greek ‎. Proper noun A tribe of Sarmatia settled on the Danube.