Franks, Goths and Other Germanics

[Nathan Ross]

The Franks are supposed to have raided deep into Gaul and Spain c 257 CE, but hardly by sea; they had to reach Africa that way. :wink:

Haywood (Dark Age Naval Power) believes that the Franks raided the coasts of Spain and Lusitania across the Bay of Biscay, prior to their later land invasions. But the chronology and detail of events in the mid third century is hazy at best!

The incident with the stolen ships occurred during the reign of Probus IIRC, or well after the Goths first raided into Roman territory en masse c 250.

Yes, you're quite right - the 'great escape' from Pontus was c278-279. The Goths are first mentioned under that name in c269, but we can assume that they were the same people referred to under various other names in preceding decades.