[gothic-l] Accepting Elias Wessens Conclusion

[Bertil Haggman]

Your discussion of Ermanaric and his kingdom is
interesting but you come to the conclusion
that he was a "powerful Gothic king, ruler of
an important complex of peoples".

It would be interesting if you went further
and discussed the reasons that you think
the Regnum Ostrogotorum under Ermanaric
in the north did not reach the Baltic Sea.

One reason for the possible inclusion of
south Scandinavia is according to RLK
the name similaraties  on the Sparloesa
stone (Erik and Alrik), the Tjodrik of the
Roekstone and Goetrik, Hjaprik, Heidrek
and Hredrik (Roerik) with the names of
Gothic rulers: Theoderik, Alarik, Roderik, Atala-
rik, Erarik, Eurik etc.

Bertil Haggman

> Hermanaric was a powerful Gothic King,
> ruler of an important complex of peoples, but he was
> certainly no Attila, and no Alexander. The
> geographical boundaries of his "uberes pagos" are to
> be sought roughly: east of the Dnister, south of the
> Pripet marshes, north of the Crimean mountains and
> east of the Donetz river.



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