[gothic-l] Re: Heruli / Harii

[Troels Brandt <trbrandt@post9.tele.dk>]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Dirk Faltin <dirk at s...>"
<dirk at s...> wrote:

>
> Again, an interesting theory. I tend to see the western Heruli in
> conjunction with the Rhine-Warnians and the Rhine-Thuringians. The
> latter two were also groups from further east who at some stage
ended
> up at the Rhine. But admittingly, the western Heruls appear much
> earlier.
>
> Dirk


Hi Dirk

Around 500 AD I agree that these people were allied against the
Franks - at least Theodoric tried to make them so.

At that time the Western Heruls had been mentioned for more than 200
years as pirates and mercenaries - normally together with the Bataves
(later Franks) in the Rhine-mouth.

But the Thuringians and the Alamans appear have a role in the later
play - also regarding Scandinavia.

Troels


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