[gothic-l] Re: Trailing the Eruli in the North

[Tore Gannholm]

>--- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >The North Danubian Heruls were allies of Theoderic. Their king was
>>  >made son-in-arms of Theoderic. Whether this resulted in any kind of
>>  >subsidy payments to bolster his son-in-arms we don't know. However,
>>  >coin finds at least in the middle Danube basin tend to be of
>western
>>  >(Roman and Ostgrogothic) origin until about 550AD. L Huszar lists
>in
>>  >his article 'Das Muenzmaterial in den Funden der
>>  >Voelkerwanderungszeit im Mittleren Donaubecken' a total of 538
>coins
>>  >or hoards. The coins prior to about 550AD tend to come from the
>West.
>>  >Overall there are only 5 solidi in the list. Of which two are
>>  >Germanic imitations of solidi of Justinian I (Szalaska) and
>>  >Theodosius II (Ermilhalyfalva). One is an Avaric imitation
>>  >(Dunapentele) of an 'unidentified gold coin'. And two are solidi of
>>  >Anastasius (Kiszombar) and Justinius I (Hodmezovasarhely) from
>Rome.
>>  >
>>  >cheers,
>>  >Dirk
>>  >
>>
>>  --
>>  Dirk,
>>
>>  It would be very interesting to know how you can be so emphatic on
>this matter.
>>  It is not clearly stated in Procopius. I have read various
>>  interpretations of this. The one is no better than the other.
>>
>>  Tore
>
>
>Tore,
>
>I am not sure what you mean. I only suggested that the Danubian
>Heruls were allied with the Ostrogoths. This alliance was cemented by
>the appointment of the Herulic king as Theoderic's son-in-arms and
>should be seen in the context of a wider effort by Theoderic to find
>allies against the Franks.  Do you think that this interpretation is
>not correct?
>
>Dirk

Dirk,

I presume we are talking about Rudolf as the son-in-arms.
In Scandinavian litterature there is a Rudolf leaving his tribe in
Norway and joined Theoderik and became son-in-arms.
They also say that there was an Herulic king with the same name.

I don't know if there were two persons with the same name, but that
is how it has been treated in Scandinavian litterature.

Tore
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