guy 156 Report post Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) A Roman-era man in Cambridgeshire has been shown by DNA analysis to have been born outside the Roman Empire and he is of Sarmatian descent, living around modern-day southern Russia and Ukraine. The Sarmatians were a nomadic horse-riding peoples originating in the Eurasian Steppe. By analyzing his teeth, researches also learned about his diet. Quote The man’s remains were found close to the village of Offord Cluny, near Huntingdon, in 2017. He lived around AD 126-228. Professor Janet Montgomery of Durham University said: “Until the age of five or six, he lived in an arid location in the east of continental Europe. “His diet at this age contained a lot of C4 crops, such as millet and sorghum, which are not native to Europe. “As he grew up, he migrated west, and these plants disappeared from his diet. In 175 AD Emperor Marcus Aurelius defeated a Sarmatian army on the northeastern border of the Roman Empire and incorporated their cavalry into his legions. According to the historian Cassius Dio, Marcus Aurelius sent around 5,500 of these Sarmatians to join the Roman legions in Britain. https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/23997908.a14-cambridgeshire-mans-remains-offers-insight-romans/ Edited December 29, 2023 by guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
