Ermanaric

Greuthungian Gothic King

PersonhumanQ28987

Also known as Ermenrichus · Hermenerig · Hermenericus

Born: 291
Died: 376
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1.Stated in Deutsche BiographieRetrieved 2017-10-09
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, 375
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1.Stated in Q101001146
2.Stated in Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition)
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, 373
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1.Stated in Q24468652
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Occupation: sovereign
Positions held: King of the Ostrogoths

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Ermanaric was a Greuthungian king who before the Hunnic invasion evidently ruled a sizable portion of Oium, the part of Scythia inhabited by the Goths at the time. He is mentioned in two Roman sources: the contemporary writings of Ammianus Marcellinus, and in Getica by the sixth-century historian Jordanes. He also appears in a fictionalized form in later Germanic heroic legends.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition)
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Manner of death: suicide
Father: Achiulf
Child: Hunimund
Family: Amali dynasty
Noble title: king
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1.Stated in Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition)
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Name in native language: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃
Religion or worldview: paganism

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