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

[Oskar Andersson]

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From: "Oskar Andersson" <o.andersson at gamlabyn.com>
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Subject: Re: [gothic-l] Seventeenth Gothic-Roman War 405 AD


> 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).

Just a correction, I know this was a Gothic war with obvious Gothic troops, but I was rather aiming at Vandal and Burgundian participtation in the campaign...

Best,
Oskar

>
> 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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