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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7961902, member: 84905"]That is possible. The Juthungi stela that was found in 1992 and is historically ver important. It reports that Semnones "sive" Iuthungi had attacked Italy and taken thousands of captives, which they were leading back to Germany. The formulation "Semnones sive Iuthungi", i.e. Semnones or Iuthungi does not mean that the writer of the steal was uncertain, but that Semnones could also be called Iuthungi. Their identities were beginning to morph together and soon they would only be called Alamanni.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the text of the stela:</p><p><br /></p><p>"To the holy goddess Victory, on account of barbarians of the race of the <b>Semnones or Iuthungi </b>killed on the eighth and seventh days before the Kalends of May and put to flight by soldiers of the province of Raetia as well as Germani and locals, freeing many thousands of Italian captives; in fulfillment of his vow, <b>Marcus Simplicinius Genialis</b>, vir perfectissimus acting for the praeses with his army] happily and deservedly erected this altar, dedicated three days before the Ides of September when the Emperor, our lord [<b>Postumus</b> Au]gustus, and [Honoratianus were consuls]"</p><p><br /></p><p>I was in Como (northern Italy) for the weekend recently. The city is located on lake Como, which has a couple of islands. During the 3rd century Germanic raiders frequently crossed the Alps through the Tessin region of Switzerland, entering Italy to reach Milan or even Rome, and usually passing by Como. During this time the city of Como (Roman Comun) was abandoned and the citizens sought refuge on the islands of lake Como, clearly fearing that they would end up as slaves in the north.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7961902, member: 84905"]That is possible. The Juthungi stela that was found in 1992 and is historically ver important. It reports that Semnones "sive" Iuthungi had attacked Italy and taken thousands of captives, which they were leading back to Germany. The formulation "Semnones sive Iuthungi", i.e. Semnones or Iuthungi does not mean that the writer of the steal was uncertain, but that Semnones could also be called Iuthungi. Their identities were beginning to morph together and soon they would only be called Alamanni. This is the text of the stela: "To the holy goddess Victory, on account of barbarians of the race of the [B]Semnones or Iuthungi [/B]killed on the eighth and seventh days before the Kalends of May and put to flight by soldiers of the province of Raetia as well as Germani and locals, freeing many thousands of Italian captives; in fulfillment of his vow, [B]Marcus Simplicinius Genialis[/B], vir perfectissimus acting for the praeses with his army] happily and deservedly erected this altar, dedicated three days before the Ides of September when the Emperor, our lord [[B]Postumus[/B] Au]gustus, and [Honoratianus were consuls]" I was in Como (northern Italy) for the weekend recently. The city is located on lake Como, which has a couple of islands. During the 3rd century Germanic raiders frequently crossed the Alps through the Tessin region of Switzerland, entering Italy to reach Milan or even Rome, and usually passing by Como. During this time the city of Como (Roman Comun) was abandoned and the citizens sought refuge on the islands of lake Como, clearly fearing that they would end up as slaves in the north.[/QUOTE]
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