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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
caitlingreen.org
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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Apr 2016

      Britain, the Byzantine Empire & the Saxon 'Heptarchy': a L9thC Arabic description of Britain http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/04/heptarchy-harun-ibn-yahya.html …pic.twitter.com/y94Zs3zzvF

      57 replies 617 retweets 828 likes
    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 May 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      The 10thC Persian Hudud al-'Alam also mentions Britain and considers it a land of the Rūm/Byzantines:pic.twitter.com/bm7OgswuiQ

      6 replies 32 retweets 49 likes
    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 May 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Penmachno stone, N. Wales—includes a consular dating prob referring to Justin II, 567–79: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1839341 pic.twitter.com/rA49QLBiw1

      7 replies 43 retweets 82 likes
    4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 4 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Byzantine gold solidus of Maurice Tiberius (582–602) modified into a pendant via a gold suspension loop; found Kent: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/105571 …pic.twitter.com/88heFlG240

      4 replies 59 retweets 150 likes
      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Aug 2017

      A mid-6thC Byzantine gold coin of Justinian, modified into an Anglo-Saxon pendant; found nr Attleborough, Norfolk :)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-norfolk-40962865 …

      2:40 PM - 19 Aug 2017
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Fwiw, Attleborough=Old English 'Attila's fort', & the 15thC Latin Waldef makes Attila (Atle, Athla) king of Norfolk+ruler of Attleborough :)

          2 replies 2 retweets 24 likes
        3. Evan Schultheis‏ @EvanSchultheis 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Considering the two parts of the name "Attila" are endemic to Germanic languages (since the name is Gothic, probably not Oghur Turkic) (1/2)

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        4. Evan Schultheis‏ @EvanSchultheis 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @EvanSchultheis @caitlinrgreen

          Can we actually associate these placenames with Attila? It's "Atta" + "ila" from Gothic. Maenchen-Helfen associates the fort with (2/3)

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Evan Schultheis‏ @EvanSchultheis 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @EvanSchultheis @caitlinrgreen

          AEtla, Bishop of Dorchester. (3/3).

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @EvanSchultheis

          My reading of him is that he's associating it with the name Ætla, not the specific bishop named that :) Fwiw, is not impossible both Ætla >

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        7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @EvanSchultheis

          > of Dorchester & the other Ætlas are named ultimately after Attila as not OE name, but whether all were named consciously... Hmm! ;)

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Evan Schultheis‏ @EvanSchultheis 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Yeah it's a good question. I've often wondered if Bede's reference to the Saxons burning and pillaging across Britain actually refers (1/2)

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        9. Evan Schultheis‏ @EvanSchultheis 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @EvanSchultheis @caitlinrgreen

          To Attila's invasion of Gaul and he wrote in 'Saxons' and 'Britain' instead. (2/2).

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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