Angisciri
The Angisciri ( Angiskiren ) were a tribe who appeared in the retinue of the Hun Dengizich .
The late antique historian Jordanes mentions the Angisciri as one of four tribes that took part in a campaign by Dengizich. After Attila's death in 453 and the subsequent collapse of the Hun Empire, the Ostrogoths undertook campaigns to Pannonia and subjugated parts of the landscape. Dengizich, one of Attila's sons, assembled an army from the remaining loyal tribes of the Ultzindur , Angisciri, Bittugores and Bardores and plundered the Pannonian city of Bassiana , whereupon the army was driven out of the area by the Goths. The exact date of the attack is unclear, but it probably took place after the years 456/57.
It is uncertain whether the Angisciri were a Germanic or a Turkic tribe. The Slavist Max Vasmer connects “Angi” with the old English “Eng” ( grassland ) and interprets the name as “Grasland- Skiren ”. This interpretation is contradicted by the fact that the three other tribal names are names from Turkic languages .
literature
- Helmut Castritius , Stefan Zimmer : Skiing. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 28, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018207-6 , pp. 639-645.
- Wilhelm Tomaschek : Angisciri. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2191.
Remarks
- ↑ See Jordanes, Getica 53, 272-273. In: Theodor Mommsen (ed.): Auctores antiquissimi 5.1: Iordanis Romana et Getica. Berlin 1882, p. 128 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
- ^ Arnold HM Jones, John R. Martindale, John Morris: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire . Volume 2: John R. Martindale: AD 395-527. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1980, ISBN 0-521-20159-4 , p. 355.
- ↑ See the name Otto Maenchen-Helfen : Die Welt der Huns. Vienna u. a. 1978, p. 299.