From: george knysh
Message: 11712
Date: 2001-12-07
> domain of******GK: If Strabo really wrote "Gutones" here, then
> Marabodus, the place whither he caused to migrate,
> not only several other
> peoples, but in particular the Marcomanni, his
> fellow-tribesmen; for after
> his return from Rome this man, who before had been
> only a private citizen,
> was placed in charge of the affairs of state, for,
> as a youth he had been
> at Rome and had enjoyed the favor of Augustus, and
> on his return he took
> the rulership and acquired, in addition to the
> peoples aforementioned, the
> Lugii (a large tribe), the Zumi, the Butones, the
> Mugilones, the Sibini,8
> and also the Semnones, a large tribe of the Suevi
> themselves. However,
> while some of the tribes of the Suevi dwell inside
> the forest, as I was
> saying, others dwell outside of it, and have a
> common boundary with the
> Getae.9 "
> "8. Scholars have suggested different emendations
> for "Zumi," "Butones,"
> "Mugilones," and "Sibini," since all these seem to
> be corrupt (see C.
> M�ller, Ind. Var. Lect., p 981). For "Butones" it
> is fairly certain that Strabo wrote "Gutones" (the
> Goths). "
>
> Tore