SARMATICVS. - M. Aurelius received this surname (A.D. 175), and his medals also ascribe it to him on account of his success in subduing the Sarmatae; a general appellation designating not only the Sarmatians but also the neighbouring tribes, such as the Marcomanni, the Quadi, etc. See SARM. - His unworthy son Commodus assumed the same title, but without having performed the same services to the empire, and he is styled also in his coins GERMANICVS and SARMATICVS.