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The Pendragon or "Red Dragon" was the heraldic insignia of the legion and was associated with the families of the Sarmatian Troups assigned to the garrison at Camulodunum. The members of the legion intermarried with the native tribes and as a result many of them were known by both Roman and Gaelic/Celtic names. As a surname it is applied to all of the direct male descendants of Padarn Beisrud m Tegyth ? (Paternus) (?, ?) who was the commander of the Roman Legion stationed near Camulodunum in England during the Roman occupation of the island. The descendants of this commander subsequently settled in the region of Dindathewy Wales. Almoustine 17:03, 16 June 2008 (EEST)

The draco/dracones Standard was originally developed by the cavalry peoples of the steppes, such as the Sarmatians and the Alans, but also by the Parthians and the Sassanid Persians. The one draco standard is represented, on the Trajan's Column, nearby a typical "fish-scale" Sarmatian Lamella armor and close to a Dacian helmet, closely resembling a Dacian cap, known usually as Phrygian cap.

Later representations of the draco standard used by horseman wearing Sarmatian Lamella armor are found on the Arch of Galerius (311AD), on a Roman funeral stele from Chester and on the Bayeux Tapestry, commemorating the Battle of Hastings (October 14, 1066), where the draco standard is used in the scene depicting Harold's death by an arrow. This would indicate that the Saxons had by the time of Hastings adopted many of the armorial types imported by the Romano-Sarmatian Cavalry.