A study, translated from Russian, of Roman imports in the Lower Don Basin, an area north of the Black Sea. These finds have been discovered in burials of the nomadic nobility and date to the first centuries AD when Sarmartian nomads moving westwards came into contact with the Romans, whose empire had expanded onto the north-west shores of the Black Sea. Raev looks at the different types of find and chronology, before discussing the different ways in which these objects came into the possession of the nomads-trade, inter-tribal exchange, diplomatic gifts, payment for services and spoils from raiding. Boris A. Raev, translated from the Russian by Chantal Ardouin