[gothic-l] Re: Sarmatians and Goths

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

--- In gothic-l at y..., andreas.schwarcz at u... wrote:
> Dear Dirk,
> I agree to all you said about the importance of the Sarmatians. And 
> they were still around from Pannonia to the Black Sea coast in the 
> fifth century. Theodoric the Great counted his years of personal 
> kingship from 470 AD, when he defeated the Sarmatian king Babai 
> and stormed the latter's residence Singidunum, today Belgrad.
> Kind regards,
>                     Andreas Schwarcz
> Ao.Univ.Prof.Dr.Andreas Schwarcz
> Institut für österreichische Geschichtsforschung
> Universität Wien
> Dr.Karl Lueger-Ring 1
> A-1010 Wien
> Österreich
> Tel.0043/1/42-77/272-16
> Fax 0043/142-77/92-72


Hello Andreas,

if I had seen your message earlier that would have saved me writing 
the previous reply to Bertil. However, I must admit that I didn't know 
that the Sarmatians were still in areas from Pannonia to the Black Sea 
as late as the 470sAD. I thought it was basically only Gepids and 
Goths who occupied - at least the Pannonia region - at that time. I 
suppose that tells us a lot about the conception (or rather 
mis-conception) of more or less ethnically 'pure' settlement areas, 
which seems to promote the view that one group always displaces an 
earlier group.  I would not even be surprised if many of these 
defeated Sarmatians after 470AD either intergrated into a local 
population or became Goths themselves.

best regards

Dirk 





Dr. Dirk Faltin





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