Sarmatians

The Sarmatians were a powerful nomadic people from the steppes north of the Black Sea and Caucasus who became known for their heavily armored cavalry warriors called cataphracts, as depicted on monuments like Trajan's Column from the 2nd century CE. They matter historically because they were major military and political forces in ancient Eurasia, influencing the regions around them and leaving archaeological and artistic records of their distinctive warfare tactics.

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