Подражания римским фибулам с луковичными навершиями» в Балтии

• Authors: Kulakov V. I.

Title variants

EN

IMITATIONS OF ROMAN FIBULAE WITH BULBOUS TERMINALS (GER. ZWIEBELKNOPFFIBELN) IN THE BALTIC REGION

• Languages of publication: RU

Abstracts

EN

The subject of the article is a detailed analysis of form and design of fibulae occurring in Barbaricum at the close of the Roman period and in the time of the migration of nations, aimed at the establishment of their origin and function in the then barbaric societies, and especially in the Baltic region. The prototypes of the fibulae were used as emblems of Roman legionaries; the ornamental ones indicated higher (but not the highest) military ranks. Adopted and imitated by Germanic tribes travelled also to the Baltic region. The author proposes a hypothesis that the occurrence in this region of a late type of fibulae with bulbous terminals (Zwiebelknopffibeln) can be linked with the group composed of the representatives of various Germanic tribes - mentioned by Jordanes (6th c.) - known as Vidivari (which in the Gothic language stands for people of Vidi).

Keywords

EN

BALTIC REGION; FIBULAE; MIGRATION OF NATIONS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk
• Journal: Slavia Antiqua: rocznik poświęcony starożytnościom słowiańskim
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 48
• Pages: 251-266
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kulakov V. I.

• V. I. Kulakov, no address given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA04368470