Editing Roxolani (section)

==History==
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===1st century BC===
Around 100 BC, they invaded the [[Crimea]] under their king [[Tasius]] in support of the Scythian warlord [[Palacus]] but were defeated by [[Diophantus (general)|Diophantus]], general of [[Mithradates VI]].<ref name="EB1911">{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Rhoxolani|volume=23|page=273}}</ref>

===1st century AD===
In the mid-1st century AD, the Roxolani began incursions across the [[Danube]] into Roman territory. One such raid in [[Anno Domini|AD]] 68/69 was intercepted by the [[Legio III Gallica]] with [[Roman auxiliaries]], who destroyed a raiding force of 9,000 Roxolanian cavalry encumbered by baggage. [[Tacitus]] describes the weight of the [[armour]] worn by the "princes and most distinguished persons" made "it difficult for such as have been overthrown by the charge of the enemy to regain their feet".<ref>[[Tacitus]], ''[[Histories (Tacitus)|Histories]]''. Book 1.79.</ref>{{primary source inline|date=August 2024}} The long two-handed [[Kontos (weapon)|kontos]] [[lance]], the primary melee weapon of the Sarmatians, was unusable in these conditions. The Roxolani avenged themselves in AD 92, when they joined the [[Dacians]] in destroying the Roman [[Legio XXI Rapax]].{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

===2nd century===
During [[Trajan's Dacian Wars]], the Roxolani at first sided with the [[Dacians]], providing them with most of their cavalry strength, but they were defeated in the first campaign of AD 101–102 at [[Nicopolis ad Istrum]]. They appear to have stood aside as neutrals during Trajan's final campaign of AD 105–106, which ended in the complete destruction of the Dacian state. The creation of the Roman province of [[Dacia]] brought Roman power to the very doorstep of Roxolani territory. The Emperor [[Hadrian]] reinforced a series of pre-existing [[fortifications]] and built numerous [[fort]]s along the Danube to contain the Roxolani threat. Later, [[Marcus Aurelius]] also campaigned against the Roxolani along the Danubian frontier.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

===3rd century===
They are known to have attacked the Roman Province of [[Pannonia]] in 260; shortly afterwards contingents of Roxolani troops entered Roman military service.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

===4th century===
Like other Sarmatian peoples, the Roxolani were conquered by the [[Huns]] in the mid-4th century.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}