08-27-2015, 01:18 AM
Magister Militum Flavius Aetius wrote:
Maybe, at least that is what German historian Franz Altheim argued stating that Candac is based on Oghur –Turkic name Candik or Qandїq, but Alemany also says that the name could be Old Iranian with the ac ending like the Alan king Addac who was killed by the Visigoths of Wallia in 418, or Osset if the name has an ag or ak ending like kӕn-dak (he who wears sackcloth) maybe Andag mentioned below as the man who killed Theodoric had Alanic links. Others by the reading of Jordanes below think he was a Scirian as well. I am no expert on languages so I cannot be sure and Kim in his book thinks Altheim’s theory is difficult to confirm or reject and thinks that Candac was a Hunnic-Alanic leader (a lot like Saul who fought and died against Alaric in the army of Stilicho, who although leader of the Alans, going by the description of Claudian, seemed to have Hunnic features).
Marital ties were a common feature in steppe relations and were probably used by Attila to cement his various alliances so Candac may have had an Alan wife or himself a Hunnic father.
In Getica 265 Jordanes wrote
Candac possibly had matrimonial ties with the Amalis as well as his sister married Andag who according to Jordanes in Getica 209 may have killed Theodoric with a spear. Although in the same section Jordanes says Theodoric fell off his horse. Maybe more bias by him towards the Amalis even though they were on the losing side.
I have a hard copy of Tackholm but it won’t fit on my A4 scanner.
Quote:Candac (Kandak) was a Hun, the name is Oghur Turkish.
Maybe, at least that is what German historian Franz Altheim argued stating that Candac is based on Oghur –Turkic name Candik or Qandїq, but Alemany also says that the name could be Old Iranian with the ac ending like the Alan king Addac who was killed by the Visigoths of Wallia in 418, or Osset if the name has an ag or ak ending like kӕn-dak (he who wears sackcloth) maybe Andag mentioned below as the man who killed Theodoric had Alanic links. Others by the reading of Jordanes below think he was a Scirian as well. I am no expert on languages so I cannot be sure and Kim in his book thinks Altheim’s theory is difficult to confirm or reject and thinks that Candac was a Hunnic-Alanic leader (a lot like Saul who fought and died against Alaric in the army of Stilicho, who although leader of the Alans, going by the description of Claudian, seemed to have Hunnic features).
Marital ties were a common feature in steppe relations and were probably used by Attila to cement his various alliances so Candac may have had an Alan wife or himself a Hunnic father.
In Getica 265 Jordanes wrote
Quote:The Sciri, moreover, and the Sadagarii and certain of the Alani with their leader, Candac by name, received Scythia Minor and Lower Moesia.
Candac possibly had matrimonial ties with the Amalis as well as his sister married Andag who according to Jordanes in Getica 209 may have killed Theodoric with a spear. Although in the same section Jordanes says Theodoric fell off his horse. Maybe more bias by him towards the Amalis even though they were on the losing side.
I have a hard copy of Tackholm but it won’t fit on my A4 scanner.
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Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
