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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7751994, member: 84905&quot;]Yes, I think so too. </p><p>Romans had some tentative knowledge of Scandinavia at least since the writings of Ptolemy around AD 150. They interacted closely with Germanic Heruls, who seemed to have been made up of Scandinavian warrior bands, from the mid-3rd century to their last appearance in the sources at the end of the 6th century. </p><p>Contacts with Scandinavians continued in the Byzantine Empire right until the 13th century, i.e. the end of the Varangian guard. </p><p>In terms of historical periodisation, however, the Viking Age does not overlap with the Roman Imperial Age, hence historians would never speak about Vikings in the context of Roman history or Romans in the context of Viking history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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