07-13-2014, 12:08 PM
Alanus wrote:
Although we do not have precise figures on the number of Alans. Peter Heather in his paper 'The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe' writes
Quote:This fighting force, if 1/5 of the Pannonian Alanic population, accounts for a civilian number of 150,000 people... yet this was perhaps only 1/2 (or less) of the original migrating group from the eastern steppes. If so, the Alanic migration was absolutely MASSIVE.
Although we do not have precise figures on the number of Alans. Peter Heather in his paper 'The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe' writes
Quote:Even though some stayed in Gaul, those who made their way to Spain are said by Hydatius to have outnumbered the Vandals and Suevi before they suffered severe losses in the late 4IOs.So if the figure of 80,000 Vandals crossing over to Africa from Spain many years later is accurate then the Alan group which did not defect with Goar but stayed loyal to Respendial and moved with the other two groups to Spain must have been a large group in the early 400s AD as Hydatius mentions that the Alans outnumbered the other two groups..
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Michael Kerr
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