[gothic-l] Eighth Gothic War

[bertil]

Andreas,

Thank you for your interesting answer. The "dux"
explains much and why I haven't seen the name
before.

Gothically

Bertil

  Cannabas or Cannabaudes is only 
> mentioned by the  SHA v.Aureliani XII, 
> where he is called Gothorum  dux and 
> defeated and killed by Aurelian 
> together  with 5000 of his men. The 
> SHA are not a very  trustworthy source 
> and the name my be a  fabrication, 
> because "cannabae" means in latin a  
> soldier´s tavern.  
> Ariaric and Aoric are mentioned in 
> Jordanes,  Getica, 112, as federates 
> of Constantine the  Great. Wolfram, 
> Goten, p.71, supposes that  Ariaric 
> was head of the Tervingi and concluded 
> a  foedus with the emperor in 332 
> A.D., and that  Aoric probably was his 
> son and successor (and  the father of 
> Athanaric). 


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