Ermanaric
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Ermanaric was a semi-legendary 4th-century king of the Greuthungi (a Gothic people), remembered in Germanic heroic tradition for his vast realm and often portrayed as a cruel and tyrannical ruler.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic king
ⓘ
human ⓘ semi-legendary ruler ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
German heroic poetry
ⓘ
Norse sagas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedLegend | cruel punishment of relatives ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gothic migration period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greuthungi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostrogoths NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Germanic heroic tradition ⓘ |
| deathCause |
suicide (according to some sources)
ⓘ
wounds inflicted by enemies (according to some traditions) ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Goth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicity |
partly historical
ⓘ
partly legendary ⓘ |
| influenced | later Germanic heroic legends ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Gothic ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Jordanes' Getica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Ermanaricus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hermanaric NERFINISHED ⓘ Jörmunrekkr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | opposition to the Huns ⓘ |
| notedBy | Ammianus Marcellinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
cruel ruler
ⓘ
tyrant ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of the Greuthungi ⓘ |
| realmLocation | Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | lands north of the Black Sea ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 4th century ⓘ |
| reignStart | 4th century ⓘ |
| rememberedFor |
cruelty
ⓘ
tyrannical rule ⓘ vast realm ⓘ |
| roleInTradition | archetypal evil king ⓘ |
| ruled | Greuthungi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceType |
late antique historiography
ⓘ
medieval legend ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
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