From: george knysh
Message: 65192
Date: 2009-10-07
--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Torsten <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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"So Vannius came down out of his fortresses, and though he was defeated in battle, notwithstanding his reverse, he won some credit by having fought with his own hand, and received wounds on his breast. He then fled to the fleet which was awaiting him on the Danube, and was soon followed by his adherents, who received grants of land and were settled in Pannonia."
In other words, with no information to the contrary, we must assume
****GK: Correction. "You must assume".****
that the Romans settled part of Vannius' Yazygian allies in Pannonia.
****GK: No. The normal assumption is that the Iazigi cavalrymen fled back to Iazigia, whence they had come to assist Vannius. And there is also the possibility that they switched sides (less likely). So your assumption is only one of three possibilities. Of course we know that you only need one ia a million (:=))).*****
That would explain why Pannonia became so important to Rome in the era of the soldier emperors
http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ cybalist/ message/65077
http://bib.irb. hr/datoteka/ 167165.FIllyrica _antiqua- h-gracanin. pdf
when the Roman army was being Sarmatized in weaponry.
****GK: weapon "sarmatization" does not require the presence of settled Sarmatians as per your scenario. Elementary.****