[gothic-l] Re: Jordanes and the Scandinavian Eruli

[george knysh]

--- "Einar Gunnar Birgisson <einarbirg at yahoo.com>"
<einarbirg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> One thing I want to bring up is the war with the
> Langobards.
> Procpius account does not make much sense here. The
> Heruli were
> suposed to have attacked them for no good reason and
> Procopius is
> really picturing the Heruli as fools. Why should the
> Heruli have
> attacked one of the nations paying tribute to them
> for no good
> reason? I think this story is made up by Procopius.
> Was it not such
> that this relatively powerful Heruli tribe was
> allied with Theodoric
> in Italy! It would have served the interests of the
> East Roman
> Emperor to weaken this alliance and therefore weaken
> the rule of
> Theodoric.. Most likely there was a revolt among the
> nations paying
> tribute to the Heruli. The main player was probably
> the Langobards.
> And all with good support from the East Roman
> Emperor. Even military
> support of some kind. I think that it is very
> possible that the
> Emperor had a hand in the victory over the Heruli.

******GK: I think this is a very worthwhile
reflection. As are its implications.******


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