[gothic-l] Solidi/Gothic connnection

[Søren Larsen]

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From: "starkad9" <martin.skoglund at geosition.com>
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Subject: [gothic-l] Solidi/Gothic connnection



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One example of strong connections between southern Scandinavia and
the Wielbark Culture are some rich woman graves from Skärv in
Östra
Götaland, Varnhemin Västra Götaland and  Himmelhöij in
Denmark
(around 200AD).According to the writer of "Gothic Connections" these
graves are extremly similar to some rich woman burials in the
Wielbark culture.
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SL


I guess you are talking about "Himlingøje " litterally the "Himling mounds"
when you write "Himmelhöij".
The Germanic material on this site shows connections to the Baltic area
and South Eastern Europe. Notable are the presence of Kolben armrings
and pictures of 'ringswords' on a type of Germanic silver cups which
BTW are found on other Danish sites without the 'ringsword pictures'
The Roman material OTOH shows connections to Western Europe.

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Another example are a group of Torques from Vittene in Västra
Götaland, Dronninglund (Denmark), Hoburgen on Gotland , Kiev and
one close to the Black Sea (around 0 - 200 AD).

The equipment of the loosing army at Illerup in Denmark(deposited in
a bog), was a mix of roman and Scandinavian made.This loosing army
had its origin in south western Scandinavia according to Jörgen
Illkjaer´s research. It is tempting to assume that their equipment
was aquired in connection with Gothic activities for or against the
romans or the marcomanni around 150-200 AD.

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The Marcomannic wars and cross border trading are the usual explanation
for the presence of the large amount of Roman military equipment and denarii
in Illerup. Some of the Roman swords have the unit and name
of soldier carved into them. It might just be possible to say
something about the place of origin based on the station areas of
Roman legions in the relevant period, but I don't know if such
work is being done.

Cheers
Soren Larsen - Who mostly lurks here. Afterall the monarchs of
Denmark stopped carrying the title "King of the Goths" back in 1972 ;-)





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