Stelle Istic Saxona caerulum videmus assu...; (Sidonius to His Friend Lampridius (Letters 8.9) (476 - 477), Epistulae 8.9.21–35.) [4915]

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Keywords	Ethnonym: Burgundii, [wurzel: burgund] Ethnonym: Heruli, [wurzel: Herul] Ethnonym: Saxones, [wurzel: saxon] Ethnonym: Sygambri, [wurzel: Sygamb]
ID	4915
Text	Sidonius Lampridio suo salutem (Epistola 8.9) (476 - 477) Sidonius Apollinaris
Quotation	Istic Saxona caerulum videmus assuetum ante salo solum timere; cuius verticis extimas per oras non contenta suos tenere morsus altat lammina marginem comarum, et sic crinibus ad cutem recisis decrescit caput additurque vultus. hic tonso occipiti, senex Sygamber, postquam victus es, elicis retrorsum cervicem ad veterem novos capillos. hic glaucis Herulus genis vagatur, imos Oceani colens recessus algoso prope concolor profundo. hic Burgundio septipes frequenter flexo poplite supplicat quietem.
Translation
Summary	This is a letter sent by Sidonius Apollinaris to his friend Lampridius. In the text, Sidonius describes a series of envoys coming from all around the world to the court of Euric, King of the Visigoths. The ambassador of the Heruli is listed after the envoys of the Saxons and the Sygambers, an archaic ethnonym used for defining the Franks, but before the representative of the Burgundians. The depiction of the Herulian emphasizes his physical features and alludes to his homeland.
Quotation source	Epistulae 8.9.21–35.
Temporal Coverage	476 - 477
Associated use case(s)	Identical Strangers: The history of the Heruli between the 3rd and the 5th century: Salvatore Liccardo
Spatial Coverage Objects	<QuerySet [<Stelle: Quid uero? Statim, uixdum misero il...; (Panegyric of Maximian (289 - 289), Mamertini (?) Panegyricus Maximiano Augusto dictus, cap.: 5, par.: 1, pag.: 524) [4905]>, <Stelle: Ita cuncti Chaibones Erulique cunct...; (Panegyric of Maximian (289 - 289), Mamertini (?) Panegyricus Maximiano Augusto dictus, cap.: 5, par.: 4, pag.: 526) [4906]>, <Stelle: Istic Saxona caerulum videmus assu...; (Sidonius to His Friend Lampridius (Letters 8.9) (476 - 477), Epistulae 8.9.21–35.) [4915]>]> - Heruli, [wurzel: Herul]
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