[gothic-l] Re: Between the Two Last Gothic-Roman Wars

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Bertil Haggman" <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> The events that led to the fall of the west
> Roman empire was interrupted by the
> a Hunnic invasion. The Huns had appeared
> in Europe in the middle of the Fourth Century AD.
> The Ostrogoths were subjected, som fled to the west.
> In 395 AD the core area of the Huns was still
> between the lower Don and the Volga. Five years
> later there was a Hunnic presence on the Danube.
> Until 420 AD the bulk oft he Huns moved to
> Pannonia.
>
> In 405/406 AD the  Huns under Uldin crossed
> the Danube and moved into Pannonia where the
> Ostrogoths were settled. The Huns crossed the
> Rhine eventually and attacked northern Gaul.
> Here dwindling Roman army forces under Aetius.
> Attila sought the cooperation of the Visigoths now
> ruled by King Theoderid II (419-451 AD). But the
> Visigoths eventually joined Aetius and fought
> with the Roman army in northern Gaul against
> Attila's Huns, Ostrogoths and Alans. In the battle
> Attila had to withdraw to his defense line of waggons
> and the Visigoths wanted to finish him. But Aetius
> held them back. He was afraid that the Visigoths would
> be too powerful if they completely defeated Attila.
> Aetius managed to persuade the Visigoths to let
> Attila get away. The Huns retreated and Attila invaded
> Italy but he was forced by an outbreak of pestilence
> to retreat. He died in 453 AD and hiss on and heir Ellak
> did not manage to keep the Hunic empire intact. The
> Ostrogoths managed to free themselves.


The Ostrogoths did not 'manage to free themselves'from the Huns. In
fact, the evidence suggestst that the Goths remained either passive
in the uprising of Gepids, Suevi, Eruli and others against the Huns,
led by Ardaric the Gepidic king, or actively supported the Huns. If I
remember correctly Ellak may have been the champion of the Goths.
This is set out in an article by Walter Pohl, the reference for which
I can supply later if desired.

Dirk










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