10-21-2013, 01:28 PM
Quote:Why the use of name Sambida instead of Sangipan. I only ask as I thought they were different leaders. They well could be the same person & their names mixed up due to scribal errors but the timeline doesn't match so I don't see the connection except the beginnings of their respective names. Sambida's group was given land around Valentina (Valence) in 440AD, yet in 447/8AD Eochar leads Alans in Amorica until at least 450AD & then Sangipan becomes king & fights with Aetius at Chalons, of course that is assuming they are the same group of Alans.
It is usually assumed that the two names Sambida/Sangipan are the same, simply different pronunciations being spelt in different ways (c.f. Gaiseric, Geizeric, Genseric etc). If I remember correctly, I explained in 'Aetius' that this was the assumption I was going with, although it was possible that one succeeded the other.
Don't forget that there were two different settlements of Alans in Gaul: one in the north (usually ascribed to Goar/Eochar) and one in the south (Sambida).
For more information on the names, see PLRE 2, Goar (p.514-5) and Sambida (p.975).
Sorry about the brief entry: I'm deep into the reign of Anthemius and am trying not to get myself confused! :dizzy:
Ian (Sonic) Hughes
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"I have described nothing but what I saw myself, or learned from others" - Thucydides, Peloponnesian War
"I have just jazzed mine up a little" - Spike Milligan, World War II