Pătrunderea și așezarea primelor grupuri de sarmați în Câmpia Panonică. Câteva considerații și observații
Entry and Settlement of the First Sarmatae Groups in the Pannonian Plain. Some Considerations and Notes

Summary/Abstract: We analyse here the start period of the Sarmatian Iazyges’ entry and settlement of the Great Hungarian Plain, an issue that has been debated for a long time and for which several chronological frameworks have been suggested. Also, the author resumes the discussion on certain aspects regarding the Sarmatae presence in the Pannonian Plain.Subsequent to the analysis of the archaeological finds, it was concluded they evidence that the Iazygian antiquities from the Pannonian Plain date no earlier than the second half of the 1st century AD and that the finds containing artefacts with a more accurate chronological framing date towards late 1st century AD, and in some cases, even to late 1st century AD and early 2nd century AD. On the basis of the origin, parallels and date of the artefacts in the group of finds ascribed to the so-called “golden horizon”, the author concludes that most features in this horizon date mainly to the chronological span comprised between the last quarter/late 1st century and early 2nd century AD.These archaeological facts, confirmed by the written ancient sources as well, show, according to the author, that the first Iazyges emerged in the northern part of the territory between the Danube and the Tisza likely shortly before AD 50, if not precisely in AD 50, during the events from regnum Vannianum.The author also concludes that the arrival of the first Sarmatae group in the Pannonian Plain was most likely followed, by the end of the 70s – early 80s of the 1st century AD, by other few Sarmatae entry waves in the area between the Danube and the Tisza. Another important aspect noted subsequent to the examination of certain artefact classes is that the settlement of the Sarmatae in the Pannonian Plain occurred only after previous contacts with the new Sarmatae tribes (the Aorsi, the Siraces, the Alans) arrived in the north and north-west Pontic area starting with mid 1st century AD.Last but not least, it was noted they settled, during a first phase, mainly in the northern part of the region between the Danube and the Tisza, as proven by the archaeological finds ascribed to the Sarmatian Iazyges, which clustered in said territory, yet also by the ancient literary sources, which mention these in the respective period in the specified area or in connection with the northern bordering populaces.

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