[gothic-l] Visigothic King Fridigern

[Tore Gannholm]

Bertil,
I also wish you a prosperous 2002.
OK I understand. Jordanes wrote in the mid 6th century.
The people he writes about are at that time called Visigoths. However
he does not say when that  name of the new formation was taking
place. Jordanes talks about the people that are the nucleous of the
Visigoths but at the time of crossing the Danube that name was not
yet present.

Tore

>Tore,
>
>Wishing you a pleasant 2002. I am basing my
>observations on Jordanes. A section of _Getica_
>is headlined "The Divided Goths: Visigoths".
>Jordanes used the term Visigoth around the
>time of the subjection byt he Huns of the Ostrogoths.
>See the sentences of Jordanes underneath:
>
>"Cuius mortis occasio dedit Hunnis praevalere in Gothis
>illis, quos dixeramus orientali plaga sedere et Ostrogothas
>nuncupari. 131. Vesegothae, id est illi alii eorum socii et
>occidui soli cultores,..." But it could well be that the term
>was not invented until Jordanes wrote his _Getica_.
>
>Gothically
>
>Bertil
>>  When was the word Visigoth invented? I think it is very late. After
>  > various groups crossed Danube and formed on Roman soil.

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