[gothic-l] Runic Influences

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Hails!

>And the bararians said: "That everything which we have said is true no one
>of you can be unaware. But in order that we may not seem to be contentious,
>we give up to you Sicily, great as it is and of such wealth, seeing that
>without it you cannot possess Libya in security."
>And Belisarius replied: "And we on our side permit the Goths to have the
>whole of Britain, which is much larger than Sicily and was subject to the
>Romans in early times. For it is only fair to make an equal return to those
>who first do a good deed or perform a kindness."


Notice that the quote says Britain *was* subject to the Romans "in early
times."  The Goths had essentially lost Sicily by the time of this exchange,
and so the Romans also were simply fececiously offering the Goths a
territory that the Romans themselves no longer posessed.  Therefore, this
cannot be used to show that the Ostrogoths went to Britain.    Albareiks


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