[gothic-l] Re: Goths, Eruli in the East

[Oskar Andersson]

Hi Einar!


*snip*

>   Einar; Hæ Oskar..I think you misunderstand me.I was not expressing 
> my opinion but asking Dirk a question.  Are you saying that the 
> Heruli and Ostrogoths are not classified as East Germanic people? I 
> was not connecting the Ostrogoths to Scandinavia. Just saying that 
> part of the Heruli who were East Germanic people seem to have 
> (according to Procopius) settled among East Scandinavian people. It 
> is rather obvious that the migration was to an area populated by East 
> Scandinavians but not to Norway. With this I am answering Dirks claim 
> that East Scandinavians had nothing to do with East Scandinavian 
> people.                                                               
> We have historical sources about this migration though some scholars 
> have made it their mission to discredit that information.They have 
> not proved Procopius was wrong,manipulating or lying about that  
> matter.

Sorry Einar, I misinterpreted what you wrote!
And yes, we have a historical source for this migration called 
Procopius. Mayhap some Heruls indeed did migrate to 
Scandinavia, but there's still the problem of verifying that very 
piece of evidence through archaeology and analysis - a verification 
that I find incomplete so far.


*snip*


Best,
Oskar


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