[gothic-l] Seventeenth Gothic-Roman War 405 AD

[Oskar Andersson]

Hi,


> Seventeenth Gothic-Roman War 405 AD
>
> The Amal Gothic King Radagaisa advanced on Italy with
> a huge army of Germanic warriors including Ostrogoths,
> Vandals and Burgundians (records indicate 400,000 but
> it seems exaggerated).

How verified is this historically? From which sources do you get that the
tribes were Vandals, Burgundians and Goths? Procopius?
And also, are you able to identify an Ostrogothic corpus prior to Theoderic's
conquest of Italy in 488/489, and if so, even as early as 405?


 From the Alps to Rome Italy is
> ravaged. After a while  managed to stop the Radagaisa
> army at the battle of Florence (406 AD), with a large number
> of Goths killed and taken prisoner.
>
> Gothically
>
> Bertil

Best,
Oskar


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