Macrobius
05-27-2009, 06:57 AM
The Goths, Vandals, and Gepidae were different tribes of the same race. Dexippus and Eunapius apply to them the generic term Scythians (Skuthai), which means little else than Northern Barbarians. In the latter part of the fourth, they overran Thrace, Macedonia, and Peloponnesus. About the middle of the fifth, they appear in Illyria. The Vandals under Genseric plundered the greater part of Greece in the Fifth century. The Gepidae are mentioned in connection with the Avars, who made an attempt on Constantinople in the early part of the Seventh century.
The Franks were a branch of the Germanic family. After they conquered the country now called France, the Byzantines confounded them with the Celts and Celtiberians. And in Modern Greek, Frankos means Western European in general. and Italian or Roman Catholic in particular. The Angiloi of Procopius are the ancient Angles. In the eleventh century, the Barangoi [Varangians -M.] appeared at Constantinople as mercenaries. Their true name is Inglinoi, of which the root is Ingl-, the same as that of Engl-ish. And as they were Britons, it is natural to infer that they were English. If so, Barangoi may be regarded as the Greek form of the Anglo-Saxon warig, bulwark, that is the Guard.
Only a small number of Romaic words can with any degree of certainty be referred to the Gothic group.
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For those who wish to continue the SB discussion of 'What is the West?'.
The Franks were a branch of the Germanic family. After they conquered the country now called France, the Byzantines confounded them with the Celts and Celtiberians. And in Modern Greek, Frankos means Western European in general. and Italian or Roman Catholic in particular. The Angiloi of Procopius are the ancient Angles. In the eleventh century, the Barangoi [Varangians -M.] appeared at Constantinople as mercenaries. Their true name is Inglinoi, of which the root is Ingl-, the same as that of Engl-ish. And as they were Britons, it is natural to infer that they were English. If so, Barangoi may be regarded as the Greek form of the Anglo-Saxon warig, bulwark, that is the Guard.
Only a small number of Romaic words can with any degree of certainty be referred to the Gothic group.
http://books.google.com/books?id=RGZiAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR25,M1
For those who wish to continue the SB discussion of 'What is the West?'.