Stelle Sed cum tantorum servitio clarus ha...; (De origine actibusque Getarum (Getica) (550 - 555), 23.117) [5079]

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Keywords	Ethnonym: Graeci, [wurzel: Graec] Ethnonym: Heruli, [wurzel: Herul] Region: Palus Maeotis, [wurzel: Maeot]
ID	5079
Text	De origine actibusque Getarum (Getica) (550 - 555) Jordanes
Quotation	Sed cum tantorum servitio clarus haberetur, non passus est nisi et gentem Herulorum, quibus praeerat Halaricus, magna ex parte trucidatam reliquam suae subegeret dicioni. Nam praedicta gens, Ablavio istorico referente, iuxta Meotida palude inhabitans in locis stagnantibus, quas Greci ele vocant, Eluri nominati sunt, gens quantum velox, eo amplius superbissima.
Translation
Summary	Jordanes cites a certain historian called Ablabius and repeats, adding an explicit reference to the Maeotian Swamp, the same explanation of the name Heruli found in Dexippus.
Quotation source	23.117
Temporal Coverage	550 - 550
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: Sed cum tantorum servitio clarus ha...; (De origine actibusque Getarum (Getica) (550 - 555), 23.117) [5079]>]> - Palus Maeotis, [wurzel: Maeot]
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