- 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...
- (approximate date).
Odoacer becomes the
leader of the
Germanic tribes (Herulic –
Scirian foederati) in
Northern Italy (approximate date). Mamertus,
bishop of Vienne...
- into
Roman territory first by a
confederation of Herulian, Rugian, and
Scirian warriors under Odoacer, that
deposed Romulus Augustulus in 476, and later...
-
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...
-
married to the Goth Gisa. In 476,
Felethus supported the
Herulian and
Scirian mercenaries of Odoacer, who
overthrew the
Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus...
-
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...
- in Europe.
Summer – Odoacer,
chieftain of the
Germanic tribes (Herulic/
Scirian foederati),
visits the
imperial palace at Ravenna. He
petitions Orestes...
- 476, the
barbarian foederati in Italy,
composed mainly of the Herules,
Scirians and Turcilingians,
demanded land in
Italy to
settle on.
Orestes refused...
- the
reigning Byzantine Emperor Zeno. Later, the
Germanic foederati, the
Scirians and the Heruli, as well as a
large segment of the
Italic Roman army, proclaimed...
