Silingen
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The Silingen (also Silinger , Sillingen , Latin Silingae ) were an East Germanic sub-tribe of the Vandals , who settled in the area of today's Silesia. Possibly the name Silesia derives from the Silingen. Some translators of older sources refer to the Geographike Hyphegesis by Claudius Ptolemy in the 2nd century. Together with the Vandal Asdingen , the Silingen 406 invaded Gaul . They moved on to Spain and settled there in the province of Baetica ( about today's Andalusia ). After decisive defeats in battles with the Visigoths , the remnants of the Silingen submitted to the Asdingen kings. Under the leadership of Geiserich , they moved to Africa together with Asdingen and Alanen and established the Empire of the Vandals, which existed until 533 .
literature
- Volker Bierbrauer , Helmut Castritius : Vandals. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 33, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2006, ISBN 3-11-018388-9 , pp. 168-217.
- Moritz Schönfeld : Silingae . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III A, 1, Stuttgart 1927, Sp. 61.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bill Thayer ( University of Chicago ): The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy , Book II, Chapter 10: Greater Germany (Fourth Map of Europe)
- ^ Geographia Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini , Vincentium Valgrisium, Venice 1562, on page 45
- ↑ Johannes Hoops (Ed.): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Volume 4 (1919). KJ Trübner, Strasbourg. , Page 180