Name of the Goths

[Francisc Czobor]

However, there was an Eastern Germanic tribe named Victoali (or 
Victofali, Victophali, Victobali), mentioned in connection with other 
Eastern Germanic tribes like Taifali, Thervingi, by authors like 
Eutropius (Breviarium ab urbe condita, Book VIII) and Paulus Diaconus 
(Historia Romana, Book VII). Victovaloke looks just like a strange 
alteration of Victo(f)ali...

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "dciurchea" <dciurchea at ...> wrote:
>
> ...
> Moreover one may found unreliable assignments of gothic(germanic) 
> presence in Transylvania at the site of the famous "Erdely 
> Tortenete"(History of Transylvania) . A most famous and useful link:
> http://mek.oszk.hu/02100/02109/html/17.html
> There you may find that in 168 AD the east german tribe 
> of "Victovaloke" settled in the neigborhood of Vlaha(Wlacha)! (the 
> obvious reading Victo Valoke - The Romans vainquished the Wallachians
> (Walaks/Waloks) during the 168 riot of the free dacians was routed 
> towards a fantasy).
> 
> 






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