Rodwulf
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Rodwulf was a Scandinavia
n chieftain who joined the Ostrogoth
s in Ravenna
. He got tired of his own people and travelled south in order to have some adventure. He is described by Jordanes
in Getica (The Origin and Deeds of the Goths) and based on similarity of names (he was from the Rani) he is supposed to have come from the province of Bohuslän
in western Sweden
(where Ranrike
was situated).
He was far from the only warrior to have left Scandinavia to join the Goths. From this time there is plenty of Roman gold that has been found in Sweden. Moreover, after the Ostrogothic defeat a large number of surviving Ostrogoths were allowed to return home. Many are said to have returned to Scandinavia.
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n chieftain who joined the Ostrogoth
Ostrogoth
The Ostrogoths were a branch of the Goths , a Germanic tribe who developed a vast empire north of the Black Sea in the 3rd century AD and, in the late 5th century, under Theodoric the Great, established a Kingdom in Italy....
s in Ravenna
Ravenna
Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome...
. He got tired of his own people and travelled south in order to have some adventure. He is described by Jordanes
Jordanes
Jordanes, also written Jordanis or Jornandes, was a 6th century Roman bureaucrat, who turned his hand to history later in life....
in Getica (The Origin and Deeds of the Goths) and based on similarity of names (he was from the Rani) he is supposed to have come from the province of Bohuslän
Bohuslän
' is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Götaland on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west, and the county of Østfold in Norway to the north...
in western Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
(where Ranrike
Ranrike
Ranrike was the old name for a part of Viken, corresponding to southeast Norway and the northern half of the modern Swedish province of Bohuslän...
was situated).
He was far from the only warrior to have left Scandinavia to join the Goths. From this time there is plenty of Roman gold that has been found in Sweden. Moreover, after the Ostrogothic defeat a large number of surviving Ostrogoths were allowed to return home. Many are said to have returned to Scandinavia.