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Empires and Barbarians

Page 96

by Peter Heather

Taifali 112, 115, 124, 151

  tenants-in-chief 292

  Tenchteri 38

  terpen 286

  Tervingi 42–3, 45, 59, 67, 71, 112, 154, 157, 166–7, 199, 338, 357, 520, 589

  confederation of 133, 164, 167

  fighting in Rome’s Persian wars 59, 61, 67, 194

  governmental capacity 60

  and inherent mobility 594

  kings and power of 59–64

  military capacity 59

  mobilization of labour by kings 62

  peace with Romans (382) 152, 180, 189

  persecution of Christians 570

  retreating of small number of from Danube and relocating of in Transylvania (376) 186

  seeking asylum in Roman Empire and reasons for (376) 69, 151, 159, 162–3, 164–5, 166–72, 336, 594

  social stratification 172

  sociopolitical structures 113

  split in confederation 160, 162, 172

  struggles against Romans 152, 189

  trade with Romans 76

  unification with Greuthungi 199

  Teutoburger Wald, battle of the (7 AD) 5

  Teutones 101

  Teutonic knights 557

  Theoderic the Amal 24–7, 60, 70, 146, 224, 240, 241–2, 243, 248, 249, 256, 257, 259–60, 351, 361, 364, 589

  Theoderichshafen 119

  Theodosius I, Emperor 179, 189, 194

  Thessalonica 400, 401, 423, 424, 448

  Thompson, Edward 64–5

  Thrace, Slavic settlement 403

  Thracian Goths 248–50, 256, 260, 262, 346

  Thuringians 366

  Timerevo 492–3

  Tithe Church (Kiev) 517, 524–5

  Tounsoures 239

  trade

  between Romans and Germani 61–2, 72–81, 91, 138, 139, 564

  new states and networks of 506–7, 564–5, 573–4

  and Rus 470–2, 473–4, 477–8, 493

  Trajan 114

  transport

  and Anglo-Saxon migration 288–9

  in first-millennium Europe 32

  Germanic 77

  and Slavic migration 448

  and Vandals 596

  water-bourne see Vikings

  Transylvania 97, 114, 116, 128, 170, 185, 186

  Trapezus (Trabzon) 110

  treaties and new states 526

  Trelleborg fortresses 522, 530

  Tribigild 180

  Trier 312, 313

  truthin 46

  Ubii 96, 100, 101, 127, 136

  Ukraine 4, 371, 391, 415, 551–2

  Uldin 174, 176, 177, 183, 187, 214, 216, 231

  Ulfila 114, 130, 166

  Valamer 223–4, 234, 239, 246, 250

  Valens, Emperor 59, 151, 152, 154, 160, 163, 168–9, 189, 336

  Valentinian I, Emperor 40, 89, 140

  Valentinian II, Emperor 214

  Valentinian III, Emperor 278

  Valerian, Emperor 107

  Vandal-Alan coalition 338–9, 343, 344, 345, 348, 351, 353, 357, 589

  Vandals 20, 115, 152, 174–5, 202, 587

  conquering of North Africa and motivations behind migration 9, 152–3, 176, 177, 190, 202–3, 203–4, 333, 335

  destruction of kingdom of by east Roman

  Empire 361

  and Franks 186

  and inherent mobility 185

  invasion of Roman territory (406) 173, 180–1

  and Marcomannic War 101

  migration and transport logistics 596

  and Przeworsk culture 105

  relocation to Raetia 182

  Roman expeditions against whilst in North Africa 204

  in Spain 189, 203

  Vannius, King 61–2, 139, 140

  Venedi 394–5, 396

  Veneti 7, 8, 607

  Victor of Vita 176

  Vidimer 256

  Viking migration 9–10, 481–97, 582–3, 583–4

  colonization of Iceland 464, 487, 488–90, 491, 50809

  as consequence of growth of trade network 506–7, 512

  destruction of monasteries 496

  and development 508–14

  economic motivations 409, 498–500, 508, 512

  as extended flow and not one big mass movement 495, 504

  and fields of information 500–2, 591

  Great Army settlement in England 96, 455–6, 458, 459–61, 464, 483–6, 490, 496, 502, 510, 583

  and inherent mobility 594

  involvement of women and children 490–1, 492, 494, 504

  motivations 497–9

  naval technology and ships 504–6, 512, 513, 583–4, 595–6

  and place-name evidence 485, 487–8

  political and cultural impact of 495–7

  political motivations 508–12

  and return migration 593

  settlement in northern and western isles 487–8, 489–90, 496

  size and scale of into west 481–4, 490, 491–5, 513, 583

  types of unit 490

  Vikings 10, 130, 287, 450–1, 452–514, 518

  Alfred’s defence against 459, 461–2

  attacks against Franks 460–1, 483

  castle construction 521–2

  conquest of western Europe by Great Armies and settlement 459–65

  hiring of to fight other Vikings 457

  military capability 524

  raiding in western Europe 453–65, 455–8, 498–9, 583

  Russia/Rus 465–81

  settlement in France 463

  and slave trade 498–9, 548

  and Trelleborg fortresses 522, 530

  villas: in Roman Britain 295, 297–8, 299, 304, 293, 294

  Vinitharius 358, 442

  Visigoths 52, 123, 139, 152, 214, 256, 307, 338–9, 344, 345–6, 348, 375

  Clovis’s campaign against 309, 310, 360

  creation of 357

  diplomatic relations with Romans 339

  falling apart of unification with Ostrogoths 364

  smashing of kingdom by Franks 360

  treaty with Romans (418) 357

  Vithimer 162, 163, 215

  Vladimir 524–5, 536, 550, 559, 567, 571

  Volga Bulgars 465, 477–8

  Volga, River 473–4, 477, 492

  Völkerwanderung (‘movement of peoples’) 153, 172, 173–88, 226–7, 267, 329, 376, 603–9

  Volyntsevo culture 416–17, 419

  Vouilé, battle of (507) 360

  Wallachia 393, 439, 446, 447

  warbands 126–7, 129, 131, 133, 143, 158, 215

  Warperton, cemetery of 275

  wave of advance model 22, 29, 147, 148, 422, 579–80, 581–2, 583

  Wenskus, Reinard

  The Generation and Bonding of Tribes 19–20

  wergild 302, 320

  Werner, Hans-Joachim 314

  Wessex 275, 280, 301, 302, 459, 460, 462, 496

  Wielbark system 103, 104–5, 130, 141, 222

  cemeteries 117, 118, 126–7, 134, 146–7

  expansion of 105–6, 107, 117, 580, 582

  links with Cernjachov system 120–1, 124

  Wijster 50–1, 73–4

  William the Conqueror 292, 298, 327, 350

  William and the Conqueror 292

  women

  and Amal-led Goths 247–8

  and Anglo-Saxon migration 283–4, 290, 297

  and Frankish immigration 326

  and Germanic migration 130–2, 133, 143, 145–6, 150, 171–2, 176–7, 600–1

  and slave trade 566–7

  and Viking migration 490–1, 492, 494

  world systems theories 34

  Wormald, Patrick 508, 509

  Yaroslav the Wise 559

  York 465

  Yugoslavia, former 29

  Zimbabwe 300

  Zizais 83, 88

  Zosimus 162, 191–2, 209, 294

  Zwentibald, King xiii 557, 558

 


 

 


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