Re: [tied] Harii/Hirri into (H)eruli?

--- "Troels Brandt <trbrandt@...>"
<trbrandt@...> wrote:
the name of the first Herul -

> Naulobates - shows up
> to be the name of a Bosporan co-ruler 35 years
> earlier. This
> indicates that groups of Bosporans joined the Heruls
> - which makes
> sense as the Heruls and Goths used the Bosporan
> navy. Therefore the
> Bosporan language may have had a role in the
> development of the name
> of the Heruls - especially as the first Roman
> contact had a Bosporan
> name.

******GK: Troels, I must admit that this is news to
me. What is your source for a Bosporan "Naulobates"
ca. 233 AD? Are you sure this isn't a misread of
"Sauromatos"?*****


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