[gothic-l] Eruli in the West

[Bertil Haggman]

Dear Listmembers,

The Eruli as a Roman army unit were at one point related to
the Batavi.

In the section on the western part of the empire in the
_Notitia_ we find the Eruli listed as one of the numeri in the auxilia palatina
under the command of the magister peditum praesentalis. They
said to be stationed in Italia. In the list the Eruli are placed between
th eCelae and the Batavi.

That would lead us possbly to believe that the Eruli at one
stage were connected to the North Sea. But this is hardly
probable. Rather it is a question of where the Batavi were
stationed at the time of writing. One possible place would be
Castra Bataba or modern Passau under Italian command.

An interesting source is also Hydatius. In his _Chromicle_ he
relates in 455 AD one Eruli raid in northwestern Spain
and 459 AD another. The first was 400 men and seven ships
and the second was not specified. Hydatius also reported
Vandals operating in the Spanish Atlantic area, and they were
originating in Carthage. Could the Eruli of Hydatius maybe come
from Italy?

Erulically

Bertil


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