[gothic-l] Re: Gaut, Gapt

[andreas.schwarcz at UNIVIE.AC.AT]

> 
> I'm still not very impressed by Reichert article. He apparently wants
> to make it likely that Gapt=Gaut, and can only find this one example
> of his invented s. c. graecism. By the way, how do we KNOW that
> Authari and Aptacharius are not two different persons with differently
> derived names. This actually looks more plausible to me.  Best wishes
> Anders
> 
Hi Anders,

sorry that you are not impressed, but that is no argument against 
Reichert. We know that Authari and Aptacharius are not two 
different persons, because we can read Gregory of Tours. There 
you find in his Historia Francorum, X, 3:

At Aptacharius Langobardorum rex legationem ad Gunthchramnum 
regem cum huiuscemodi verbis direxit...

This is Authari, king of the Longobards 584-590 AD. Guntchramn 
was king from 561-592 AD. There are no other possibilities, 
plausible or not.

Kind regards
                    Andreas Schwarcz 

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