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Sarmatian

An Indo-European nomadic people who, from the 3rd century BC, slowly ousted the Scythians from present-day Ukraine. They had given way to the Goths by the 3rd century AD.



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Other finds have included ancient Germans, Sarmatians from the sixth century, and Avars from the ninth century.
 
 
 
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