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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8077209, member: 84905&quot;]I found that one has to be very sceptical about such place name interpretations, especially if there are no contemporary sources or archaeological evidence to back it up. More often than not they turn out to be little more than wishful thinking. The idea that the village of Sermaize was named after Sarmatians was first established in the 1960s (according to French Wikipedia), while the name was first attested only in the 11th century, i.e. some 800 years after any Sarmatians auxiliaries could have settled there. Wikipedia says that there is no archaeological evidence to back up this interpretation.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is, however, known from historical sources that Alans (related to Sarmatians) briefly settled at or around the city of Orleans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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