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Authors: Peter Heather
Scotland
Viking raids and settlement
453
,
455
,
487
,
496
,
582
Scots
287
–8
‘Scythia’
6
–7
sea levels, rising
286
sea transport
and Viking migration
504
–6,
512
,
513
,
583
–4,
595
–6
Second World War
29
Seljuk Turks
236
semi-sunken hut (
Grubenhaus
)
118
Sergeric
193
Sihtric, King
464
–5
Siling Vandals
173
,
176
,
187
,
189
,
204
,
338
,
383
skulls
318
slaves/slave trade
91
,
445
,
542
,
544
,
548
–9,
564
,
565
–7
Germanic
46
,
55
,
66
,
75
,
78
,
81
,
91
,
139
and new states
564
–5
and women
566
–7
Slavic Europe/Slavicization
386
–451,
553
,
582
,
609
archaeological remains and creation of
388
–9
Central Europe
406
–16
extent of
386
lack of sources on creation of
387
–8
Slavic migration
9
,
393
–4,
419
–45,
445
–51,
582
absorption of outsiders
434
–7
and collapse of Germanic culture collapse
438
,
440
–1
complexity of process
449
–50
demographic significance
429
–31
and fields of information
446
,
591
flows of
420
–8
limitations of source materials on
449
as mass migration
438
motivations for
439
–45
nature of units
445
and non-elite transfer/cultural emulation model
433
relations between Slavs and indigenous populations
428
,
433
–8,
450
return
447
–8
scale and size of population units
420
–7,
449
–50
as shock to Slavs themselves
438
–9
and transport logistics
448
and wave of advance model
422
,
427
,
449
and Avars
401
,
424
–5,
443
–5,
447
,
608
–9
and collapse of Germanic Europe
607
conflict with Goths
442
contacts with east Roman Empire
607
–8,
609
emergence of new states
see
new states
first documented appearance
392
–3
inter-Slavic rivalry of nationalist era
390
links with the Venedi
394
–5,
396
and literacy
518
marked by lack of social differentiation
541
military effectiveness of
450
original homelands and competing visions on
389
–98,
447
proto-
392
–8
raiding of Roman Balkans
437
,
439
,
446
,
448
relations with Ottonians and Carolingians
554
–6
restructuring of society by ninth/tenth century
540
–4
warrior class
439
–40
Snake Walls
521
social-stress theory
320
–1,
327
–8,
329
–32
Socrates Scholasticus
160
Staraja Ladoga
476
,
478
,
492
,
494
,
498
,
501
,
507
,
565
state-building
and new states
539
–53
Stenton, Sir Frank
300
Stilicho
175
,
178
,
179
,
180
,
192
,
196
–7,
199
,
214
Strabo
249
Strasbourg, battle of
40
,
59
,
62
,
65
,
73
,
158
Strategicon of Maurice
422
,
433
,
434
,
435
,
437
subsidies, Roman
86
–7,
139
,
140
,
181
,
337
Suebi
225
Suebic knot
54
Suevi
82
,
173
–5,
176
,
180
–1,
184
,
187
,
189
,
204
,
221
–2,
333
Sukow-Dziedzice system
412
,
413
,
414
,
419
,
426
,
430
–1,
434
,
449
Sweden
528
Tacitus, Cornelius
6
,
36
,
38
,
46
,
115
,
124
tenants-in-chief
292
Tenchteri
38
terpen
286
Tervingi
42
–3,
45
,
59
,
67
,
71
,
112
,
154
,
157
,
166
–7,
199
,
338
,
357
,
520
,
589
fighting in Rome’s Persian wars
59
,
61
,
67
,
194
governmental capacity
60
and inherent mobility
594
kings and power of
59
–64
military capacity
59
mobilization of labour by kings
62
peace with Romans (382)
152
,
180
,
189
persecution of Christians
570
retreating of small number of from Danube and relocating of in Transylvania (376)
186
seeking asylum in Roman Empire and reasons for (376)
69
,
151
,
159
,
162
–3,
164
–5,
166
–72,
336
,
594
social stratification
172
sociopolitical structures
113
split in confederation
160
,
162
,
172
struggles against Romans
152
,
189
trade with Romans
76
unification with Greuthungi
199
Teutoburger Wald, battle of the (7
AD
)
5
Teutones
101
Teutonic knights
557
Theoderic the Amal
24
–7,
60
,
70
,
146
,
224
,
240
,
241
–2,
243
,
248
,
249
,
256
,
257
,
259
–60,
351
,
361
,
364
,
589
Theoderichshafen
119
Theodosius I, Emperor
179
,
189
,
194
Thessalonica
400
,
401
,
423
,
424
,
448
Thompson, Edward
64
–5
Thrace, Slavic settlement
403
Thracian Goths
248
–50,
256
,
260
,
262
,
346
Thuringians
366
Timerevo
492
–3
Tounsoures
239
trade
between Romans and Germani
61
–2,
72
–81,
91
,
138
,
139
,
564
new states and networks of
506
–7,
564
–5,
573
–4
Trajan
114
transport
and Anglo-Saxon migration
288
–9
in first-millennium Europe
32
Germanic
77
and Slavic migration
448
and Vandals
596
water-bourne
see
Vikings
Transylvania
97
,
114
,
116
,
128
,
170
,
185
,
186
Trapezus (Trabzon)
110
treaties and new states
526
Tribigild
180
truthin
46
Uldin
174
,
176
,
177
,
183
,
187
,
214
,
216
,
231
Valens, Emperor
59
,
151
,
152
,
154
,
160
,
163
,
168
–9,
189
,
336
Valentinian I, Emperor
40
,
89
,
140
Valentinian II, Emperor
214
Valentinian III, Emperor
278
Valerian, Emperor
107
Vandal-Alan coalition
338
–9,
343
,
344
,
345
,
348
,
351
,
353
,
357
,
589
Vandals
20
,
115
,
152
,
174
–5,
202
,
587
conquering of North Africa and motivations behind migration
9
,
152
–3,
176
,
177
,
190
,
202
–3,
203
–4,
333
,
335
destruction of kingdom of by east Roman
Empire
361
and Franks
186
and inherent mobility
185
invasion of Roman territory (406)
173
,
180
–1
and Marcomannic War
101
migration and transport logistics
596
and Przeworsk culture
105
relocation to Raetia
182
Roman expeditions against whilst in North Africa
204
Victor of Vita
176
Vidimer
256
Viking migration
9
–10,
481
–97,
582
–3,
583
–4
colonization of Iceland
464
,
487
,
488
–90,
491
, 50809
as consequence of growth of trade network
506
–7,
512
destruction of monasteries
496
and development
508
–14