An individual with Sarmatian-related ancestry in Roman Britain.

Autor:	Silva M; Ancient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK. Electronic address: marina.silva@crick.ac.uk., Booth T; Ancient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK., Moore J; Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Rd, DH1 3LE, Durham, United Kingdom., Anastasiadou K; Ancient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK., Walker D; Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED, UK., Gilardet A; Ancient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK., Barrington C; Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK., Kelly M; Ancient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK., Williams M; Ancient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK., Henderson M; Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED, UK., Smith A; Headland Archaeology, 13 Jane Street, Edinburgh EH6 5HE, UK., Bowsher D; Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED, UK., Montgomery J; Department of Archaeology, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Rd, DH1 3LE, Durham, United Kingdom. Electronic address: janet.montgomery@durham.ac.uk., Skoglund P; Ancient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK. Electronic address: pontus.skoglund@crick.ac.uk.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2024 Jan 08; Vol. 34 (1), pp. 204-212.e6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 19.
DOI:	10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.049
Abstrakt:	In the second century CE the Roman Empire had increasing contact with Sarmatians, nomadic Iranian speakers occupying an area stretching from the Pontic-Caspian steppe to the Carpathian mountains, both in the Caucasus and in the Danubian borders of the empire. 1 , 2 , 3 In 175 CE, following their defeat in the Marcomannic Wars, emperor Marcus Aurelius drafted Sarmatian cavalry into Roman legions and deployed 5,500 Sarmatian soldiers to Britain, as recorded by contemporary historian Cassius Dio. 4 , 5 Little is known about where the Sarmatian cavalry were stationed, and no individuals connected with this historically attested event have been identified to date, leaving its impact on Britain largely unknown. Here we document Caucasus- and Sarmatian-related ancestry in the whole genome of a Roman-period individual (126-228 calibrated [cal.] CE)-an outlier without traceable ancestry related to local populations in Britain-recovered from a farmstead site in present-day Cambridgeshire, UK. Stable isotopes support a life history of mobility during childhood. Although several scenarios are possible, the historical deployment of Sarmatians to Britain provides a parsimonious explanation for this individual's extraordinary life history. Regardless of the factors behind his migrations, these results highlight how long-range mobility facilitated by the Roman Empire impacted provincial locations outside of urban centers. Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests. (Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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