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
History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.
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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
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 …
Fwiw, Attleborough=Old English 'Attila's fort', & the 15thC Latin Waldef makes Attila (Atle, Athla) king of Norfolk+ruler of Attleborough :)
Considering the two parts of the name "Attila" are endemic to Germanic languages (since the name is Gothic, probably not Oghur Turkic) (1/2)
Can we actually associate these placenames with Attila? It's "Atta" + "ila" from Gothic. Maenchen-Helfen associates the fort with (2/3)
AEtla, Bishop of Dorchester. (3/3).
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 >
> of Dorchester & the other Ætlas are named ultimately after Attila as not OE name, but whether all were named consciously... Hmm! ;)
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)
To Attila's invasion of Gaul and he wrote in 'Saxons' and 'Britain' instead. (2/2).
Hah! Interesting idea! Bede is cribbing from Gildas here; however, is an interesting question if Gildas is echoing continental authors here…
Gildas or Bede, whichever one suggests the Saxons were carving a swathe of destruction across Britain, which isn't supported by archaeology.
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