Re: Cimbri & Teutoni

--- In cybalist@egroups.com, "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Croft
> To: cybalist@egroups.com
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:28 AM
> Subject: [tied] Re: Cimbri & Teutoni
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> Thanks for the literary reference. I'll certainly read McCulloch's

novels if I get hold of them.

>
> Piotr
>
>
> The Cymbri-Teutone invasions involved a whole series of Celtic
> peoples as well as Germanic ones. They weathered for one harvest

in

> Belgium, enrolling a number of Celtic tribes into their cause, some
> of whom emerged into leadership positions. Possibly the best

source

> for this is the excellent and very readable historical novels of

the

> Australian Colleen McCulloch (for which she was awarded a PhD in
> Ancient History. Her bibiolographies are a wealth of sources on te
> period from Marius to the rise of Ceasar.
>
> She even suggests that it was Cornelius Sulla who provided the

Romans

> with their "intelligence" about the Cymbri-Teutones in Jutland.

The

> books are excellent for anyone who is interested in this period of
> history.
>
> Regards
>
> John

This is rather late in the discussion, but I've only just joined
the group.
Traditionally in Denmark, the Cimbri are thought of as coming from
the landscape of Himmerland, and the Teutones from the landscape
of Thy, both in Northern Jutland. The main road in the largest
town there, Aalborg, has a sculpture known as the "Cimbrian Bull".
Ambrones have been connected with the North Friesian Island of
Amrum.
And while I'm at it: Vandals are thought of here as coming from
Vendsyssel (Wændlæ-syssel), also in Northen Jutland.

Regards
Torsten Pedersen