[gothic-l] Tribes in Ostrogothia

[george knysh]

--- Oskar Andersson <o.andersson at gamlabyn.com> wrote:
> Hello listmembers,
>
> I would like to ask if someone knows about which
> other tribes were living in Ostrogothic Italy still
> maintaining their identity. I think Heather refers
> to Rugi as living indepedently with their own
> "subleader" ever since they joined Theodoric in 487.
> This info is from Procopius, btw.
>
> Any ideas on independent peoples within Theodoric's
> reign? I do not ask for Romans, of course, but minor
> groupings... Any theories or ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Oskar

*****GK: According to Maenchen-Helfen's "The World of
the Huns" pp. 164-168, the Hunnic horde of the
Bittugures joined Theodoric in Moesia in 488 and
accompanied the Ostrogoths to Italy. They seem to have
had their own "regulus", one Ragnaris (a Germanic
name).*****
>
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