Turkilinger

The Turkilinger (also Turkilingen ; Latin Turcilingi , Torcilingi ) describes the older research literature as a ruling family of the Skiren or a late antique tribe in Eastern Central Europe. Recent research sees the name Torcilingi more as a prescription for Toringi ( Thuringian ).

Older research describes the Turkilinger as a ruling family of the Skiren or a tribe in Eastern Central Europe . The source is the Jordanes report in the Getica about Odoacer , the king of the Torcilingi , who also brought other peoples with him. These Turkilingers probably never existed historically. More recent research assumes a mistake in the Jordanes and the name Torcilingi is not infrequently regarded as a prescription for Toringi (Thuringian). For one thing, the Jordanes report is the only piece of news from the Turkilingians, always in connection with Odoacer; on the other hand it says in the middle Byzantine lexicon Suda about Odoaker's brother Onoulf that he descends on the part of the father ( Edekon ) from the Thuringians ( θεούριγγοι ) and on the maternal side from the Skiren. According to Wolfram Brandes, the encyclopedia gives the origin of Onoulf and Odoaker as half Thuringian. Brandes sees this interpretation supported by the Jordanes report of Odoacer as the king of the torcilingi .

Remarks

↑ Jordanes, Getica 46, 242. In: Theodor Mommsen (ed.): Auctores antiquissimi 5.1: Iordanis Romana et Getica. Berlin 1882, p. 120 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version ): Torcilingorum rex habens sicum Sciros, Heruls diversarumque gentium auxiliarios .

↑ See also Helmut Castritius: Skiren. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 28, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018207-6 , p. 643.

↑ Cf. Wolfram Brandes: Thüringer / Thüringerinnen in Byzantine sources. In: Helmut Castritius (ed.): The early days of the Thuringians . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021454-3 , pp. 291–328. See also Alexander Demandt : Die Spätantike. Roman history from Diocletian to Justinian. 284-565 AD 2nd edition. Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-406-55993-X , p. 211, note 64.

↑ Suda , keyword Kata patera kai mêtera , Adler number: kappa 693 , Suda-Online Research sees the passage in this regard as fragment 8a from the historical work of Malchus of Philadelphia (fragment 13 in the edition by Roger C. Blockley ). Wolfram Brandes translates the passage as follows: Onoulf comes from the Thuringian tribe on his father's side and from the Skiren on his mother's side . Cf. Wolfram Brandes: Thüringer / Thüringerinnen in Byzantine sources. In: Helmut Castritius (ed.): The early days of the Thuringians . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021454-3 , p. 293.

literature

Karl Scherling: Turcilingi. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII A, 2, Stuttgart 1948, column 1377 f. [Summary of older research]
Wilhelm Heizmann , Matthias Springer , Claudia Theune-Vogt , Jürgen Udolph : Thuringian. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 30, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018385-4 , pp. 519-544.
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.

Web links

The Latin Library: Jordanes, De origine actibusque Getarum 46, 242.

[1] Jordanes, Getica 46, 242. In: Theodor Mommsen (ed.): Auctores antiquissimi 5.1: Iordanis Romana et Getica. Berlin 1882, p. 120 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version ): Torcilingorum rex habens sicum Sciros, Heruls diversarumque gentium auxiliarios .

[2] See also Helmut Castritius: Skiren. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 28, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018207-6 , p. 643.

[3] Cf. Wolfram Brandes: Thüringer / Thüringerinnen in Byzantine sources. In: Helmut Castritius (ed.): The early days of the Thuringians . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021454-3 , pp. 291–328. See also Alexander Demandt : Die Spätantike. Roman history from Diocletian to Justinian. 284-565 AD 2nd edition. Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-406-55993-X , p. 211, note 64.

[4] Suda , keyword Kata patera kai mêtera , Adler number: kappa 693 , Suda-Online Research sees the passage in this regard as fragment 8a from the historical work of Malchus of Philadelphia (fragment 13 in the edition by Roger C. Blockley ). Wolfram Brandes translates the passage as follows: Onoulf comes from the Thuringian tribe on his father's side and from the Skiren on his mother's side . Cf. Wolfram Brandes: Thüringer / Thüringerinnen in Byzantine sources. In: Helmut Castritius (ed.): The early days of the Thuringians . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-021454-3 , p. 293.