Ostrogothic settlement

[Ian Ragsdale]

I can only imagine how the Ostrogothic warriors felt - without a
homeland, defeated, hated and feared across southern Europe - I can't
envision any particular place they would want to go.  However, I would
guess that they would be more inclined to venture north than back
east, which would make sense if some were absorbed into the Franks.
I'm not sure - would their shattered honor play a role in where they
chose to settle?

IMR


On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:01 PM, OSCAR HERRERA <duke.co at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> think they settled in southern austria and northern italy......dont think
> they settled in and around milan, but the other northern areas sound
> right.....
>
> macmaster at riseup.net wrote: Wasn't there some World War II-era thesis that
> claimed that the Croatians
>
> weren't Slavs but descendants of the Ostrogoths?
>
> This sounds liek it might come from some similar pseudo-history.
>
> TM
> gutdwala wrote:
>> According to Wikipedia, "with that final defeat,the remaining
>> Ostrogoths went back north and (re)settled in south Austria." I had
>> never heard this before, so I checked every book I could find at my
>> Uni's library. They all claimed the same thing's I've always heard,
>> that some joined the Franks, some kept their lands in northern Italy,
>> some went back to Scandinavia, and some were recruited into
>> Justinian's armies and sent to fight in the east. But no one ever
>> seems to cite sources or evidence for these claims, and no book
>> mentions all of these possibilities. So how much can we really say
>> about where the Ostrogoths eventually settled? What evidence do we
>> have and what do the sources say? Even Jordanes doesn't mention it.
>> Where are authors getting this information?
>>
>>
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