[gothic-l] Visigothic King Fridigern

[Oskar Andersson]

Happy New to both of you,

I think it is not so relevant when the labels were "invented." Of greater
importance is when we can apply them to different Goths.

> 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.

Oskar


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