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From the information above ''one'' can conclude that we are dealing with a union between Slavic and Sarmatian tribes in the very early middle ages. From a modern day perspective the Sarmatian historical footprint is non existent. All traces of these people have disappeared other than Slavic terms surrounding the word or name Hrvat which translates to English as Croat.

From the information above ''one'' can conclude that we are dealing with a union between Slavic and Sarmatian tribes in the very early middle ages. From a modern day perspective the Sarmatian historical footprint is non existent. All traces of these people have disappeared other than Slavic terms surrounding the word or name Hrvat which translates to English as Croat.

It is also very interesting to note that recent DNA studies have stated that more than three quarters of today's Croatian men are the descendants of Europeans who inhabited Europe 13 000-20 000 years ago. From a DNA studies perspective, the peoples who where living in Roman Dalmatia (''prior'' to the arrival of Slavic tribes) are genetically dominate.  The peoples who where living in Roman Dalmatia in that period were of a Illyrian-Roman Latin population. <ref>Note: Other peoples in the region were Liburnians, Greeks, Celts, Ostrogoths (a Germanic tribe related to the Goths).</ref>

It is also very interesting to note that recent DNA studies have stated that more than three quarters of today's Croatian men are the descendants of Europeans who inhabited Europe 13 000-20 000 years ago.<ref>[http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/prezivjeli-ledeno-doba-hrvati-su-prastanovnici-europe-clanak-300151  Vecernji.hr: Preživjeli ledeno doba: Hrvati su prastanovnici Europe] ''(Vecernji.hr: Surviving an ice age: the Croats are descendants of prehistoric Europe)''

* The article reports on the research work (12 years) of: prof. dr. Dragan Primorac, prof. dr. Pavle Rudan, prof. dr. Damir Marjanović, prof. dr. Peter Underhil and prof. dr. Richard Williams</ref>  From a DNA studies perspective, the peoples who were living in Roman Dalmatia (''prior'' to the arrival of Slavic tribes) were genetically dominant and remain so to this day.  The peoples who were living in Roman Dalmatia in that period were of a Illyrian-Roman Latin population. <ref>Note: Other peoples in the region were Liburnians, Greeks, Celts, Ostrogoths (a Germanic tribe related to the Goths).</ref>

== Roman Dalmatia ==

== Roman Dalmatia ==

[[File:740px-Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, Dacia, Moesia, Pannonia and Thracia.jpg|thumb|right|375px|The Roman province of Dalmatia (pink colour) in the Western Roman Empire. 476 AD]]

[[File:740px-Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, Dacia, Moesia, Pannonia and Thracia.jpg|thumb|right|375px|The Roman province of Dalmatia (pink colour) in the Western Roman Empire. 476 AD]]