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From: "Steven Bird" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] R1b Haplotype 35 in the British Isles
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 07:31:31 -0400
In-Reply-To: <378.262ace37.32509fca@aol.com>


One more link about Type 35 in Britain, also by Jim Elliott, and it's a
dandy!:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnasarmatian-reivers.htm

Those who have questions about the "Sarmatian" theory in Britain should read
this article. Here is a brief quote; the entire hypothesis is well thought
out, extensive and cogent. Before anyone discounts this theory, they need
to read the information provided there thoroughly.

Here is a relevant quote from Jona Lendering:
(original to be found at
http://www.livius.org/sao-sd/sarmatians/sarmatians.html)

[BEGIN QUOTE]

In the mid-first century CE, the migration to the west was resumed. In
Rumania, the Dacian kingdom was in a crisis, and the Iazyges settled near
the mouth of the Danube, before continuing to the east of what is now called
Hungary. The Roxolani now settled on the lower reaches of the Danube, but
were checked by the Roman legion III Gallica in 68/69. The Romans were
content with these movements, because it weakened Dacia.

In the last decade of the first century, however, Dacia was strengthened
again, and joined forces with the Sarmatians. One Roman legion, XXI Rapax,
was destroyed in 92. To defend their empire, the Romans were forced to
conquer territories on the north bank of the Danube. This happened between
102 and 106, when the emperor Trajan subdued the Iazyges, Dacians, and
Roxolani. When he died in 117, his successor Hadrian kept Dacia; the Iazyges
and Roxolani, on the other hand, received their independence again. They
remained allied to the Roman empire.

During the reign of Marcus Aurelius, the Sarmatians became dangerous again.
Other groups had joined the federation (e.g., the Alans), and the Romans had
to fight several bloody wars against the Sarmatians and their allies, the
Marcomanni. Ultimately, the Romans were successful, and for almost half a
century, the Danube frontier was more or less safe. In the third century,
however, the Sarmatians occupied Dacia and from now on, the war against the
tribes on the north bank of the Danube was really dangerous.

However, Rome was usually victorious. In the early fourth century, the Roman
emperor Diocletian resettled the Iazyges, and his successor Constantine
accepted many Sarmatians as farmers on the Balkans. Those who remained north
of the Danube, were destroyed by the Huns.

[END QUOTE]

Steve


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