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As these tribes called themselves, we do not know. The Greeks and Romans Sarmatians called them, which translates to davnoiranskoyi as "girded with the sword."Herodotus claimed that the ancestors lived Sarmatians Scythians east of the river Tanais(Don). He also told the legend that Sarmatians are descended from Amazon, which took Scythian youths. However, well fluent in the language of menthey could not speak because Sarmatians corrupt Scythian language. Parttruth in the statement "the father of history" are: Sarmatians, Scythians as belonging to Iranian group of people, and they had very high status of women.

Check-Black Sea steppes Sarmatians was peaceful.They destroyed the remains of the Scythian population and turned most of thetheir country for the desert. Later in Sarmatia, as they called these lands Romans, there is some Sarmatian tribal unions: Aorsy, Sirak,Roksolana, Yazigi, Alans.

Settling in the Ukrainian steppes Sarmatians were attacking neighboring province of Rome, ancient city-states and towns farmers-glorify `yan Zarubyntsi steppe culture. Evidence of attacks on Slav were numerous finds of Sarmatian tips of arrows during excavations Shaft Zarubynec'k hillforts.

Sarmatians were cattle-nomads. Required products agriculture and handicraft products they received from strangers by neighbors exchange of tribute and the usual violence. The basis of such relations was a military advantage of the nomads.

Great importance in the life of the Sarmatians had war suburbs and prey.