[gothic-l] Re: Accepting Elias Wessens Conclusion

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Bertil Haggman" <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> Rhodin-Lindblom-Klang in their 1994 book underlined
> the importance of Wessen's conclusion that Goths and
> Goetar had a common root and could historically
> be linked to each other. Thus they had common cultural
> roots, an inheritance probably better represented by the Goths
> than by the Goetar.



How do they reconcile this with the archaeological evidence which
shows that the material culture of the Wielbark-Goths and people in
Scandinavia was very different, causing all major archaeologist to
reject an Scandinavian origin of the Goths?
What is the title of that book, please?



>
> In later years (see for instance Kaliff's new book) the island
> of Gotland, so the authors, has been regarded as an important
> link in Gothic-Scandinavian cooperation. Rhodin-Lindblom-
> Klang (RLK) believe that Vaestergoetland, Oestergoetland and
> Gotland have suffered unjustly by the views put forward by
> Weibull in Gothenburg. This was pointed out in four articles
> by university lecturer Martin Giertz in the daily newspaper
> Gotlands Allehanda.
>
> Later there was intensive contacts between Greece and
> Gotland. One of the signs of these contacts  was the
> richness of Gotland when it comes to Viking age coins and
> silver treasures.
>
> RLK theories are based on the fact that in the 4th century AD
> the Regnum Ostrogotorum stretched from the Baltic Sea
> to the Black Sea.


I think it is important to fill this high-flying term 'regnum
Ostrogotorum' with some flesh. It likely meant that a 'bunch of
Gothic (not Ostrogothic) thugs' appeared in these areas from time to
time to extort tributes.







Myths, they write, include Scandinavian
> kings, who were subordinated to Ostrogothic kings.


What does this 'myths' say exactly? What is its source and name? This
subordination, does it include tribute payments, referal of important
decision to the Gothic king? How long would it take for Gothic envoys
to travel from the region north of the Black Sea to Scandinavia to
enforce this subordination?

Dirk





>
> Gothically
>
> Bertil


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