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ALANI (Gr. 'AXavoi, 'AAavvoi ; Chinese 'O-lan-na; since the 9th century A.U. they have been called As, Russ. Jasy, Georgian Ossi)

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 469 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AJA-ALL
ALANI (Gr. 'AXavoi, 'AAavvoi ; Chinese 'O-lan-na; since the 9th century A.U. they have been called As, Russ. Jasy, Georgian Ossi) , the easternmost division of the Sarmatians (see
SCYTHIA
 ), Iranian nomads with some Altaic admixture. First met with
north
  of the Caspian, and later (c. 1st
century
  A.D.) spreading into the
steppes
  of
Russia
 , the Alans made incursions into both the Danubian and the Caucasian provinces of the Roman
empire
 . By the Huns they were cut into two portions, of which the western joined the Germanic nations in their invasion of southern Europe, and, following the fortunes of the Vandals, disappeared in
North
  Africa. Those of the eastern division, though dispersed about the
steppes
  until
late
  medieval times, were by fresh invading hordes forced into the Caucasus, where they remain as the Ossetes. At one time partially Christianized by
Byzantine
  missionaries, they had almost relapsed into heathenism, but are now under
Russian
 
influence
  returning to Christianity. (E. H. M.)


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