[gothic-l] The Gothic and Eruli Proto-Vikings
bertil
mvk575b at TNINET.SE
Tue Nov 21 08:14:25 UTC 2000
Dirk,
The Ukrainian born Harvard Professor
Pritsak believes the Eruli and Gothic
raiders in Black Sea and East Mediterranean
area during the 3rd Century AD were proto-
vikings. They learned there craft in the
Baltic Sea, their home of origin, and brought
it alon to the southeast. Can only agree
with Professor Pritsak.
Gothically
Bertil
> I think the vikings are of little significance here. The Goths (and
> other tribes) were certainly no vikings are proto-vikings.
> Theoderic's aim was not to appear as a viking plunderer but as a Roman
> aristocrat, who ruled Italy legitimately. His coins are good evidence
> for this, as he tried to connect to Roman traditions, even aluring to
> the Roman republic and its virutes.
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