[gothic-l] Re: Goths of North Africa

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Le Bateman" <LeBateman at A...> wrote:
>  Did the Goths of North Africa establish City-States or were they
merely
> assimilated into the surrounding population?  Are the placenames
left in the
> area?
> Le

Hi Le,

what makes you think that Goths came to North Africa (except as
retinue for a princess)? Are you talking about Vandals, maybe? They
did not set up city states, but created a kingom in the Roman
province surrounding Carthage. I am almost certain that no placenames
survive. In fact, only a handful of Vandalic words have been recorded
on artefacts in North Africa.

Cheers
Dirk



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