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From: alani920 <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Sarmatians - Asians in Europe
Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 10:44:42 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <3EB3F536.9343230F@comcast.net>


Bonnie,
That is interesting because my Lewis ancestors are
rumored to be Knights who came into Wales with King
Arthur. My Lewis line migrated from Brecon Wales, and
settled in Gloucester County.

Anita Wills
--- Bonnie Schrack <> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> After reading Joyce's story about Aberdeenshire,
> I thought I'd throw this in, just to mix things up a
> little more ;-)
>
> It bears more on our questions about Asiatic genes
> in Europe, rather
> than Melungeon research.
>
> Does anyone happen to know whether it's true that
> more than 5000
> Sarmatian warriors from Central Asia (their original
> homeland was
> probably northwest of the Caspian Sea) were
> recruited into the Roman
> legions, and sent as a group to the British
> borderlands with Scotland to
> defend Hadrian's Wall from Scottish and Pictish
> incursions, in 175 AD?
>
> They were then supposed to have been deployed to
> Gaul, and subsequently
> to Britain again. Some of them retired to a
> veteran's home (!) in
> Lancashire. The author says, "I always wonder how
> many unsuspecting
> modern-day Frenchmen and Britons, as well as
> Americans of those
> extractions, possess the genes of the ancient steppe
> warriors."
>
> All of this is taken from Warrior Women: An
> Archaeologist's Search for
> History's Hidden Heroines, by Jeannine
> Davis-Kimball, PhD, who has
> appeared on NOVA and the Learning Channel, and is
> the founder and
> director of the American-Eurasian Research Institute
> and the Center for
> the Study of Eurasian Nomads.
>
> Her book argues that the position of women in some
> of the steppe nomadic
> groups, especially the Sauromatians and the
> Sarmatians, was much better
> then many people realize.
>
> I am going to do more research on the possible
> Sarmatian presence in
> Britain and France myself, but first I thought I'd
> ask whether anyone on
> the list had heard about it.
>
> Bonnie Schrack
>
>
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