[gothic-l] Accepting Elias Wessens Conclusion

[Bertil Haggman]

If I remember correctly the term "thug" comes from the
Indian "thugee", throatcutters who were among
the early revolters against British colonialism.
So the term is 19th century and hardly appropriate
in connection with early European history. Are you
inferring that the Goths used throatcutting in their
"extortionist behaviour"?

Bertil Haggman

I used this term to emphasise the qualitative difference to the 
name 'regnum Ostrogotorum' which you used and which I think is not 
historically correct. Also I put the term in apostrophs to mark its 
unofficial nature. I agree, 'warrior' sounds better, but what it 
often came down to is the extortionist behaviour by thugs.

The title seems to be "Gudaträd och västgötska skottkungar - Sveriges 
bysantinska arv"




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