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Rodulf, Herule king

Rodulf was king of the Heruli kingdom on the Middle Danube in the period around 491. Because of a war he began and lost against the Lombards somewhere in the period 493-511, the Heruli kingdom he had been ruling near Lower Austria ended, and he was killed. The Heruli had to leave the region, and their population divided, with many eventually moving into…

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GeticaScandzaOstrogothicKing of ItalyMonumenta Germaniae Historica
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Attestation in Procopius and Paul

Anastasius IEastern Roman emperorKingdom of ItalyOdoacerPaul the Deacon
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HeruliMiddle DanubeLombardsLower AustriaSingidunum
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heruli king rodulf jordanes theoderic kingdom scandinavia roduulf procopius scholars lombards scandinavian could also italy goths later danube cassiodorus roman

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Karl Müllenhoffinstance ofscholars0.80text
Elias Wesséninstance ofscholars0.80text
Ludwig Schmidt speculated that this Scandinavian king Roduulf who came to the Roman court of Theoderic may also have played a role in establishing the idea that the Goths themselves had ancestral connections to Scandinaviainstance ofscholars0.80text
as represented in the work of the 6th century writer Jordanesinstance ofscholars0.80text
historian Walter Goffartinstance ofothers0.80text
archaeologist Dagfinn Skre have questioned this identificationinstance ofothers0.80text

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