Others think that the Iazyges either migrated back east onto the steppes in the confusion of the Hun and Avar invasions of the 5th-7th centuries, or the Iazones were a fresh branch of the Iazyges that had never moved west before and remained throughout this period in what is now southern Russia.

The Iazyges first make their appearance along the Sea of Azov, known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans as the Maeotis.

After hard fighting, the Iazyges were pressed to their limits.

From there, the Iazyges moved west along the shores of the Black Sea to what is now Moldova and the southwestern Ukraine.

The Iazyges ( Jazyges is an orthographic variant ) were an ancient nomadic tribe.

At this point, the leading king among the Iazyges, Zanticus, made peace with Marcus Aurelius, yielding up, it is said, 100, 000 Roman captives.

The connection between the Jazones ( Yazones ) and the Iazyges is disputed.

Through history Bačka has been a part of Dacia, the Kingdom of the Iazyges, the Hun Empire, the Gepid Kingdom, the Avar Khanate, the First Bulgarian Empire, the Great Moravia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Serb realm of Jovan Nenad, the Ottoman Empire, the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Serbia, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and since 2006, it is part of an independent Republic of Serbia.

Although, the southern and eastern parts of present-day Vojvodina ( Syrmia and Banat ) were part of the Roman Empire, the north-western parts ( Bačka ) were inhabited and ruled by Iazyges, an Iranian tribe.

* The original inhabitants of Dacia revolt against the Sarmatian tribe of Iazyges who had enslaved them.

The Roman emperor Domitian became so concerned with the Iazyges that he interrupted a campaign against Dacia to harass them and the Suebi, a Germanic tribe also dwelling along the Danube.

In the 1st century AD, the Iazyges settled in the west of Dacia, on the plain between the Danube and the Tisza rivers, according to some scholars ' interpretation of Pliny's text: “ The higher parts between the Danube and the Hercynian Forest ( Black Forest ) as far as the winter quarters of Pannonia at Carnuntum and the plains and level country of the German frontiers there are occupied by the Sarmatian Iazyges, while the Dacians whom they have driven out hold the mountains and forests as far as the river Theiss ”.

Some argue that the name originates with the Sarmatian tribe Iazyges ( of Iranian origin ; possibly connected to the Yaz culture of Eastern Iran ), one mentioned by Ovid as.

The Roman empire under Hadrian ( ruled 117-38 ), showing the location of the Iazyges ( Sarmatians ) in the plain of the Tisza ( Tisa ) river ( today in Hungary and Serbia )

In early 92, the Iazyges, in alliance with the Sarmatians proper and the Germanic Quadi, crossed the Danube into the Roman province of Pannonia ( mod.

In May, the Iazyges shattered the Roman Legio XXI Rapax, soon afterwards disbanded in disgrace.

The Iazyges joined in this general onslaught in which they killed Calpurnius Proculus, the Roman governor of Dacia.

In 170, the Iazyges defeated and killed Claudius Fronto, Roman governor of Lower Moesia.

The Iazyges were also forced to provide the Romans with 8, 000 cavalry to serve in the Roman army as auxiliaries.

In 175, Marcus Aurelius, after defeating the Sarmatian Iazyges tribe during the Marcomannic Wars, took 8, 000 Sarmatians into Roman service, of whom 5, 500 were sent to the northern borders of Britain.

The Roman Emperor Trajan officially allowed the Iazyges to settle there as confederates.

Region of Bačka, which did not belonged to the Roman Empire, was populated by Iranian Sarmatians ( Iazyges ).

* The Vandals ( Astingi and Lacringi ) and the Sarmatian Iazyges invade Dacia.

The Romans wanted to finish off Dacia, but the Iazyges refused to cooperate.

While the Romans kept Dacia, the Iazyges stayed independent, accepting a client relationship with Rome.

The area fell into the hands of foederati such as the Sarmatians ( Iazyges, Roxolani, Limigani ) and later the Goths, who also took control of other parts of Dacia.

* The Iazyges settle in the Hungarian plain to the east of the Tisza River.

* Marcus Aurelius signs a peace treaty with the Quadi and the Sarmatian Iazyges.

Strabo in the 1st century names as the main tribes of the Sarmatians the Iazyges, the Roxolani, the Aorsi and the Siraces.

In 78-76 BC, the Romans sent a punitive expedition over the Danube in an attempt to overawe the Iazyges.

In 7 BC when the Dacian kingdom built up by Burebista began to collapse, the Romans took advantage and encouraged the Iazyges to settle in the Pannonian plain, between the Danube and the Tisza ( Tisa ) Rivers.

In 107, Trajan sent his general, Hadrian, to force the Iazyges to submit.

Operating from Sirmium ( today Sremska Mitrovica, Vojvodina, Serbia ) on the Sava river, Marcus Aurelius moved against the Iazyges personally.

Marcus ' victory was decisive in that the Iazyges did not again appear as a major threat to Rome.

Around 230, the Asding Vandals pushed in to the north of the Iazyges.

Although Napata remained Meroe's religious center, northern Kush eventually fell into disorder as it came under pressure from the Blemmyes, predatory nomads from east of the Nile.

The population, largely made up of Arabian nomads and Nabateans, remained largely tribal and independent of Roman rule, with an animist belief system.

They remained nomads, adhered to their traditional dress and maintained the religious practices followed by the Liao Dynasty Khitans.

The Kaokoland Herero and those in Angola have remained isolated and are still pastoral nomads, practicing limited horticulture.

A good number of the Hadendowa were also settled and engaged in agriculture, particularly in the coastal region near Tawkar, but many remained nomads.

A study of iron-deficiency among early Mongolian nomads showed that although overall rates of cribra orbitalia declined from 28. 7 percent ( 27. 8 percent of the total female population, 28. 4 percent of the total male population, 75 percent of the total juvenile population ) during the Bronze and Iron Ages, to 15. 5 percent during the Hunnu ( 2209-1907 BP ) period, the rate of females with cribra orbitalia remained roughly the same, while the incidence of cribra orbitalia among males and children declined ( 29. 4 percent of the total female population, 5. 3 percent of the total male population, and 25 percent of the juvenile population had cribra orbitalia ).