[gothic-l] Re: Trailing the Eruli in the North

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >The North Danubian Heruls were allies of Theoderic. Their king was
> >made son-in-arms of Theoderic. Whether this resulted in any kind of
> >subsidy payments to bolster his son-in-arms we don't know. However,
> >coin finds at least in the middle Danube basin tend to be of
western
> >(Roman and Ostgrogothic) origin until about 550AD. L Huszar lists
in
> >his article 'Das Muenzmaterial in den Funden der
> >Voelkerwanderungszeit im Mittleren Donaubecken' a total of 538
coins
> >or hoards. The coins prior to about 550AD tend to come from the
West.
> >Overall there are only 5 solidi in the list. Of which two are
> >Germanic imitations of solidi of Justinian I (Szalaska) and
> >Theodosius II (Ermilhalyfalva). One is an Avaric imitation
> >(Dunapentele) of an 'unidentified gold coin'. And two are solidi of
> >Anastasius (Kiszombar) and Justinius I (Hodmezovasarhely) from
Rome.
> >
> >cheers,
> >Dirk
> >
>
> --
> Dirk,
>
> It would be very interesting to know how you can be so emphatic on
this matter.
> It is not clearly stated in Procopius. I have read various
> interpretations of this. The one is no better than the other.
>
> Tore


Tore,

I am not sure what you mean. I only suggested that the Danubian
Heruls were allied with the Ostrogoths. This alliance was cemented by
the appointment of the Herulic king as Theoderic's son-in-arms and
should be seen in the context of a wider effort by Theoderic to find
allies against the Franks.  Do you think that this interpretation is
not correct?

Dirk










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