[gothic-l] Attila

[Le Bateman]

Yes I believe his name was Theodoric King of the Visigoths he demanded the
return of his daughter Lydia or Lygia which had been raised by Attus the
Roman Commander played by Powers Booth (he looked on her as his daughter) in
return for an Alliance with Rome against Attila. The Romans assassinated
Theodoric according to the plot and blamed it on Attila. Theodoric' son
rallied the Goths and both defeated Attila.  I like Sign of the Cross with
Palance and Chandler better. Palance looked more like a Hun than the new
Attila. He looked Chinese in his attire.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim O'Neill" <scatha at bigpond.com>
To: <gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [gothic-l] Attila


> Le Bateman wrote:
> >
> >  Did anyone see the latest version of Attila. The Roman Commander played
by
> > Powers Booth, called Thuidaraiks the Gothic King Theoderic which is the
Old
> > English name for him.
>
> Actually the OE name for him is 'Theodric'.  What was he
> doing in the movie anyway? - he was barely born when Attila
> was around.  Or do you mean Theodoric Balthing, the
> Visigothic king?
>
> > Also I doubt if Attila King of the Huns would have
> > dressed in Silk Rament like the Chinese.
>
> I can't think of any direct evidence of the Huns wearing
> *Chinese* clothes, but given their links to central Asia
> silk robes are actually quite probable.
>
> > Were the Huns a Germanic people or Asiatic like the
> > Mongols.
>
> Attila had many Germanics at his court and most of the
> Huns' subject tribes were Germanic or Iranian.  Some
> Huns had Germanic names as well (like 'Attila', though
> this *may* be a compound of a Turkic name with a Gothic
> ending), but the people who formed the core of 'the
> Huns' were probaly Turko-Mongolian.
>
> Attila has been getting some discussion on Germanic-L
> and soc.history.medieval lately, so the (I gather)
> rather bad TV movie has had some good effect.
> Cheers,
>
> Tim O'Neill
>
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