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2 Die Geschichte Der Goten Bei Cassiodorus Und Jordanes View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by OTHES DIPLOMARBEIT Titel der Diplomarbeit „Römische Gotenpolitik von den Anfängen bis zum Tod von Theodosius I.“ Verfasser Daniel Hackhofer angestrebter akademischer Grad Magister der Philosophie (Mag. phil.) Wien, 2012 Studienkennzahl lt. Studienblatt: A 310 Studienrichtung lt. Studienblatt: Alte Geschichte und Altertumskunde Betreuerin / Betreuer: emer. O. Univ. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Dobesch Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Zum Verständnis ................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Inhalt und zeitlicher Rahmen ..................................................................................... 1 1.2 Zielsetzung ................................................................................................................. 1 2 Die Geschichte der Goten bei Cassiodorus und Jordanes .................................................. 2 2.1 Die Kontroverse um Bedeutung und Wert der Getica als Quelle .............................. 2 2.2 Argumente .................................................................................................................. 2 2.2.1 Jordanes .................................................................................................................. 2 2.2.2 Die Entstehung der Getica ...................................................................................... 4 2.2.3 Cassiodorus und seine verlorene Gotengeschichte ................................................ 5 2.2.4 Die Erfindung einer gotischen Frühgeschichte .................................................... 10 2.3 Bewertung der Getica im Kontext der vorliegenden Arbeit..................................... 13 3 Geschichte der römischen Gotenpolitik ........................................................................... 15 3.1 Spuren der gotischen Frühgeschichte in der antiken Literatur ................................. 15 3.1.1 Plinius der Ältere .................................................................................................. 15 3.1.2 Tacitus .................................................................................................................. 16 3.1.3 Klaudios Ptolemaios ............................................................................................. 17 3.2 Römische Irrtümer über die Herkunft der Goten ..................................................... 18 3.2.1 Ambrosius von Mailand ....................................................................................... 18 3.2.2 Hieronymus und Augustinus ................................................................................ 20 3.2.3 Orosius ................................................................................................................. 20 3.3 Die gotische Ethnogenese zwischen Balticum und Schwarzem Meer ..................... 21 3.4 Die Ansiedlung der Goten und ihr Aufstieg zur regionalen Macht ......................... 25 3.4.1 Historisches .......................................................................................................... 25 3.4.2 Hintergründe ......................................................................................................... 25 3.5 Erste Konflikte und Subsidienzahlungen ................................................................. 28 3.5.1 Historisches .......................................................................................................... 28 3.5.2 Hintergründe ......................................................................................................... 28 3.6 Der gotisch-römische Krieg 250-251 n. Chr. ........................................................... 30 3.6.1 Historisches .......................................................................................................... 30 3.6.2 Hintergründe ......................................................................................................... 32 3.7 Die Raubzüge der Goten nach 251 n. Chr. ............................................................... 37 3.7.1 Historisches .......................................................................................................... 37 3.7.2 Hintergründe ......................................................................................................... 39 3.8 Die römische Restauration ....................................................................................... 40 3.8.1 Historisches .......................................................................................................... 40 3.8.2 Hintergründe ......................................................................................................... 42 3.9 Die Goten in der Tetrarchenzeit ............................................................................... 51 3.9.1 Historisches .......................................................................................................... 51 3.9.2 Hintergründe ......................................................................................................... 51 3.10 Die konstantinische Dynastie und die Tervingi ....................................................... 53 3.10.1 Historisches ...................................................................................................... 53 3.10.2 Hintergründe ..................................................................................................... 56 3.11 Valens und die Tervingi vor der Ankunft der Hunnen ............................................. 63 3.11.1 Historisches ...................................................................................................... 63 3.11.2 Hintergründe ..................................................................................................... 65 3.12 Die Ankunft der Hunnen und ihre Folgen ................................................................ 72 3.12.1 Historisches ...................................................................................................... 72 I 3.12.2 Hintergründe ..................................................................................................... 77 3.13 Theodosius I. und die Goten .................................................................................... 87 3.13.1 Historisches ...................................................................................................... 87 3.13.2 Hintergründe ..................................................................................................... 92 4 Conclusio ........................................................................................................................ 103 4.1.1 Allgemeine Bemerkungen .................................................................................. 103 4.1.2 Militärische Auseinandersetzungen ................................................................... 103 4.1.3 Römisch-Gotische Verträge und Beziehungen .................................................. 103 4.1.4 Die Gotenpolitik des Theodosius I. .................................................................... 104 5 Literaturverzeichnis ........................................................................................................ 105 5.1 Quellen ................................................................................................................... 105 5.2 Kurzzitate ............................................................................................................... 110 6 Zusammenfassung .......................................................................................................... 117 7 Abstract .......................................................................................................................... 118 8 Lebenslauf ...................................................................................................................... 119 II 1 Zum Verständnis 1.1 Inhalt und zeitlicher Rahmen Das antike Barbarenvolk der Goten zählte zu den prominentesten Gegnern der Römer. Seit der ersten Hälfte des 3. Jahrhunderts plünderten Goten zum Teil über Jahrzehnte hinweg immer wieder römische Provinzen und Städte. Durch sie kamen die Kaiser Decius und Valens zu Tode. Im 5. Jahrhundert erstürmten sie selbst Rom und errichteten schließlich eigene Königreiche auf vormalig römischem Territorium. Meine vorliegende Arbeit „Römische Gotenpolitik - von den Anfängen bis zum Tod von Theodosius I.“ befasst sich mit der Politik des Imperium Romanum gegenüber den Goten. Wie der Titel verdeutlicht, reicht ihr zeitlicher Rahmen von den ersten Zusammenstößen der Römer mit den am Schwarzen Meer ansässigen Goten in der ersten Hälfte des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. bis zur Tätigkeit der ins Reich geflohenen Stammesteile in den Heeren Theodosius` I. Diese willkürliche Einschränkung soll in erster Linie die Überschaubarkeit der Arbeit gewährleisten. Natürlich stellt der Tod des Theodosius I. im Jahr 395 n. Chr. ganz und garnicht das Ende der Geschichte der römisch-gotischen Beziehungen dar. Allerdings sollte sich das Ereignis zumindest als Anfang vom Ende jener Periode erweisen, in welcher die römischen Herrscher in der Lage gewesen waren, diese Beziehungen allein nach den eigenen Vorstellungen und Bedürfnissen gestalten zu können. 1.2 Zielsetzung Die vorliegende Arbeit soll eine Übersicht über die Beziehungen zwischen Imperium Romanum und den Goten während des behandelten Zeitraums bieten, erkunden, in welchem Ausmaß sich neben den kriegerischen
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