10-13-2009, 06:13 AM
Quote:Alanus:35vv7zt1 Wrote:But what was a Goth doing in Britain in the last decade of the 4th century? :
Funny you should say that.....
[url:35vv7zt1]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8298825.stm[/url]
Matt,
That's more than coincidence! Here we have a person described as a "Goth," but there is no DNA to prove it. He could have just as well have been a Taifalus or an Alan, both tribes very "Gothic" and arriving from the areas of Walachia and the Balkans. He is described in the BBC article as a "mercenary," but he was more likely an auxilliary cavalryman and probably a young officer: ie he had high social status.
I suppose if I were to suggest that he was a probabale officer in the Equites Taifali Seniors or Juniors, there would be some screaming. 8)
But this dead Goth-Taifalus supports the idea that Theithfallt/Thiudebalth was certainly a Visigoth, as was his son Tewdrig/Theodoric. And amazingly, he was found in a mausoleum in Gloucestershire, the area where Thiudebalth lived. Was he in fact related to Thiudebalth, perhaps a son? They didn't even bury Saint Dubricius in a crypt. Anyway, it adds fuel to my scenario and I thank you for the tip.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb