- The Sciri, or
Scirians, were a
Germanic people. They are
believed to have
spoken an East
Germanic language.
Their name
probably means "the pure ones"....
- a
military leader in
Italy who led the
revolt of Herulian, Rugian, and
Scirian soldiers that
deposed Romulus Augustulus on 4
September AD 476. Eleven-year-old...
- conjecture.)
Attila gathered his v****als—Gepids, Ostrogoths, Rugians,
Scirians, Heruls, Thuringians, Alans, Burgundians,
among others—and
began his march...
-
emperor Leo I
agreed to pay the
Goths 300
pounds of gold yearly.
During a
Scirian raid in the mid 460s,
before the
Battle of Bolia,
Valamir was
thrown from...
-
Orestes promised land in
Italy to
various Germanic mercenaries, Heruli,
Scirian and Torcilingi, in
exchange for
their support. He
drove Julius Nepos out...
-
Unulf and
Hunulf (died 493) was a
general of the late
fifth century of
Scirian origin. He
served as
magister militum per Illyri**** from 477 to 479 as...
- into
Roman territory first by a
confederation of Herulian, Rugian, and
Scirian warriors under Odoacer, that
deposed Romulus Augustulus in 476, and later...
-
attacked them, and was
killed when he fell off his horse. With
another Scirian rex, an otherwise-unknown Alaric, he then
united with
Sarmatians and other...
- (approximate date).
Odoacer becomes the
leader of the
Germanic tribes (Herulic –
Scirian foederati) in
Northern Italy (approximate date). Mamertus,
bishop of Vienne...
-
invade Italy in 488. By 493,
Theodoric had
conquered all of
Italy from the
Scirian Odoacer, whom he
killed with his own hands; he
subsequently formed the...
