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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7448782, member: 84905"]According to Estiot, Tacitus assumed the title of "Gothicus Maximus" in Spring 276, after he had arrived on the scene in Asia Minor, where his army was fighting the invading Goths.</p><p>At about the same time he also adopted the title of "Germanicus Maximus" for victories, which he had achieved in 275 invading Alamanni and Juthungi, who were ravaging Raetia at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Romans had an interesting and multi-layered concept for ethnic names. Literary sources resorted to historical names. Hence, anybody from the lower Danube and Ponic stepps was a Scythian. While the honorific names and the numismatic evidence (as well as linguistics) confirm that the Romans were instead dealing with Germanic Goths.</p><p>In the west, the Roman literary sources used the name Germani to denote mostly Alamanni and Franci, regardless of the fact that Goths were culturally and linguistically also Germani. The names Alamanni and Franci replaced the name Germani in the early 4th century. In fact, one Roman source notes "Alamanni, who we used to call Germani".</p><p>An interesting exception are the Juthungi, a Germanic tribe who later joined the Alamanni. One Roman source called them "Juthungian Scyths", reflecting the fact that they had attacked Italy from the eastern Alpine region.</p><p>The fact that the Romans had no concept of Germanic linguistics, can be seen that the east Germanic Burgundians and Vandals, whom Probus defeated in southern Germany (near Augsburg?) were collectively called Germani. In short, Roman ethnic naming practice was determined by geography and not by linguistics or culture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7448782, member: 84905"]According to Estiot, Tacitus assumed the title of "Gothicus Maximus" in Spring 276, after he had arrived on the scene in Asia Minor, where his army was fighting the invading Goths. At about the same time he also adopted the title of "Germanicus Maximus" for victories, which he had achieved in 275 invading Alamanni and Juthungi, who were ravaging Raetia at the time. The Romans had an interesting and multi-layered concept for ethnic names. Literary sources resorted to historical names. Hence, anybody from the lower Danube and Ponic stepps was a Scythian. While the honorific names and the numismatic evidence (as well as linguistics) confirm that the Romans were instead dealing with Germanic Goths. In the west, the Roman literary sources used the name Germani to denote mostly Alamanni and Franci, regardless of the fact that Goths were culturally and linguistically also Germani. The names Alamanni and Franci replaced the name Germani in the early 4th century. In fact, one Roman source notes "Alamanni, who we used to call Germani". An interesting exception are the Juthungi, a Germanic tribe who later joined the Alamanni. One Roman source called them "Juthungian Scyths", reflecting the fact that they had attacked Italy from the eastern Alpine region. The fact that the Romans had no concept of Germanic linguistics, can be seen that the east Germanic Burgundians and Vandals, whom Probus defeated in southern Germany (near Augsburg?) were collectively called Germani. In short, Roman ethnic naming practice was determined by geography and not by linguistics or culture.[/QUOTE]
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