The Sardiates are documented, along with other Illyrian tribes like the
Pirustae and
Baridustae, in the epigraphic material of
Alburnus Maior in
Roman Dacia, a mining town where several Illyrian peoples moved by the time of
Roman emperorTrajan. A great number of inscriptions were recently found reporting the tribal name of the Sardiatae, which were produced after they moved to the new town in Dacia from their ancient tribal areas in Dalmatia.[5] A collegium Sardiatensium/Sardiatarum is also attested in Alburnus Maior.[6] The existence of collegia of the Sardiatae and of the
Baridustae certainly suggests a location of those communities within or near the mining district.[7]
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Nemeti, Irina; Nemeti, Sorin (2010). "The Barbarians Within. Illyrian Colonists in Roman Dacia". Studia Historica. Historia Antigua. 28. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca: 109–133.
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