Sarmatian (or Scythian) soldiers in the 1st century AD

[Robert Vermaat]

When you remember that a large draft of Sarmatian heavy cavalry were sent to Britain by Marcus Aurelius after he succeeded in obtaining a peace treaty with the nomadic Sarmatian tribes, the connection to the Arthurian Mythos may not be so very far-fetched.

First of all it was no peace treaty, the Sarmatians were defeated and had to provide troops.

Secondly, there is no proof that large numbers of Sarmatians remained in Britain.

Thirdly, 'Arthur' supposedly lived 300 years later than this event...