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

[andreas.schwarcz at UNIVIE.AC.AT]

Dear Dirk,
I agree that Cassiodorus´s description of Scandza is a learned 
compilation, but I follow Wolfram's suggestion that the written 
sources were enhanced by the oral testimony of Roduulf. I see no 
necessety of identifying the Scerefennae with the Finni at the end of 
hte list. After all, we know (f.i. from the list of peoples under the rule 
of Ermanaric) that finnic groups existed at this time far south of 
Scandinavia even around today's Moscow and there is no reason 
why there should not be more than one Finnic group in Scandza. 
And a general orientation from north to south does not mean that 
Cassiodorus got every detail into the right place, especially as he 
combined different sources, written and oral ones, in his text.
Kind regards
         Andreas 
ao.Univ.Prof.Dr.Andreas Schwarcz
Institut fuer oesterreichische Geschichtsforschung
Universitaet Wien
Dr.Karl-Lueger-Ring 1
A 1010 Wien
Oesterreich
tel.0043/1/42-77/272-16
fax 0043/1/42-77/92-72
email andreas.schwarcz at univie.ac.at


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