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As such, the traditions would have had to survive in Britain for at least a thousand years between the arrival of the Sarmatians in the 2nd century and the Arthurian romances of the 12th century. [58] Nonetheless, the Sarmatian connection continues to have popular appeal; it is the basis of the 2004 film King Arthur. [58]
Sarmatian cataphracts in Trajan's column, 2nd century CE. [1]The Sarmatians (/ s ɑːr ˈ m eɪ ʃ i ə n z /; Ancient Greek: Σαρμάται, romanized: Sarmatai; Latin: Sarmatae [ˈsarmatae̯]) were a large confederation of ancient Iranian equestrian nomadic peoples who dominated the Pontic steppe from about the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD.
Sarmatism lauded past victories of the Polish military, and required Polish noblemen to cultivate the tradition. Sarmatia ( Polish : Sarmacja ) was a semi-legendary, poetic name for Poland that was fashionable into the 18th century, and which designated qualities associated with the literate citizenry of the vast Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
By the end of Arthurian prose cycles (including the seminal Le Morte d'Arthur), the Round Table splits up into groups of warring factions following the revelation of Lancelot's adultery with King Arthur's wife, Queen Guinevere. In the same tradition, Guinevere is featured with her own personal order of young knights, known as the Queen's Knights.
During medieval times, the Draco banner and Tamga of Sarmatian cataphracts belonging to the tribe of Royal Sarmatians, was used by the Clan of Ostoja and become Ostoja coat of arms. [34] [35] [36] As Western European metalwork became increasingly sophisticated, the traditional image of the cataphract's awe-inspiring might and presence quickly ...
In the 2004 film, King Arthur, based on the Sarmatian connection theory of origin for the Arthurian legends, Tristan (Mads Mikkelsen) is a prominent member of the knights, who are Sarmatians serving under a half-Roman Arthur in the 5th century.
Sculpted image of a Sarmatian from the Casa degli Omenoni [1] The Roman empire under Hadrian (ruled 117–138), showing the location of the Iazyges in the plain of the Tisza river [2] The Iazyges (/ aɪ ˈ æ z ɪ dʒ iː z /) [a] were an ancient Sarmatian tribe that traveled westward in c. 200 BC from Central Asia to the steppes of modern Ukraine.
In Arthurian legend, Ywain / ɪ ˈ w eɪ n /, also known as Yvain and Owain among other spellings (Ewaine, Ivain, Ivan, [1] Iwain, Iwein, Uwain, Uwaine, Ywan, etc.), is a Knight of the Round Table. Tradition often portrays him as the son of King Urien of Gorre and of either the enchantress Modron or the sorceress Morgan le Fay.