#ostrogoth

[howstrangethemusicsoundstome]

Today I learned that there are people out there who assume that the Ostro and Visigoths are the people who built gothic architecture. On one hand, I see the logic of coming to that conclusion, but on the other hand, it takes minimal research to know that that's not the case.

[whencyclopedia]

This map illustrates the history of the Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans (435–534 CE), a state established in North Africa after the Vandals, a Germanic tribe, and the Alans, an Iranian-speaking nomadic group from the Sarmatian peoples, migrated together through Europe and crossed into Africa. Centered in Carthage, the kingdom rose to prominence as a dominant naval power in the western Mediterranean...

[spacenoirdetective]

Angus McBride, Ostrogoth in full battle armor

[statementofjoespookie]

sketchbook purge: hetalia ed.

[metalcultbrigade]

Ostrogoth - "Too Hot" 28/12/1985

[matrivers]

Concept: a time traveling 5th-century germanic girl COMPLETELY misunderstands the modern desire for a “goth gf”

[merovingian-marvels]

Gotischen Adlerfibeln

This pair of so called “eagle” brooches, were found in Rhenen, the Netherlands. Their origin however comes from many kilometers away, either being Visigothic (Iberian Peninsula, broadly Spain) or Ostrogothic (Northern Italy to Ukraine).

The grave’s early date might suggest that this person was a first generation “immigrant”, having moved from the Gothic to Merovingian empire and lived a full life there.

Gothic brooches depict the bird with a round belly, open wings and a triangular tale, being symmetric from the neck down. The head in profile, faces to the side. A pair of brooches in this fashion face each other when being worn. They were worn on the shoulders and were most often heavily decorated in gold and garnet, but less intricate examples exist, such as this one.

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Zuid Holland - The Netherlands

Museum nrs Rh 373 Aa & Rh 373 Ab

Found in Rhenen, Utrecht - The Netherlands

[wearemercs]

Ostrogoths and Visigoths by hou_jae04