DBA Armies

II/67 GREUTHINGI, EARLY OSTROGOTHIC, HERUL, SCIRI & TAIFALI 200 AD - 493 AD

This list covers the Greuthingi/Greutungi Goths (“men of the steppes”) from their arrival in the Ukraine until the organisation of the Italian Ostrogothic kingdom; and related peoples. Jordanes’ equating of the Greuthingi with the Ostrogoths is now thought simplistic. The Greuthingi seem to have split up under attack from Attila’s Huns: with some joining the Tervingi (list II/65) in invading Roman territory in 376, some remaining independent and invading Italy under Radagaisus together with assorted Germans in 405, while the majority became Hunnic subjects from 441 until 454, then unified as the Ostrogoths. The most famous achievement of the Greuthingi cavalry was at Adrianople in 378 when they charged into the rear of a Roman army engaged in front. They did not use long lances or stirrups. Goth archers feared cavalry. Heruls from by the Sea of Azov had good light infantry, but said to be drunken and treacherous. They lacked metal armour or helmets. Reference: Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome P. Barker, Goths and Romans 332-489 P. Heather.

II/67a — Radagaisus’ Army 401 AD - 406 AD

List: 1 x General (3Kn), 4 x noble cavalry (3Kn), 1 x Alans (LH), 4 x German warriors (4Wb), 2 x archers (Ps)
Terrain: Arable
Aggression: 3
Enemies:

II/67b — Other Armies 200 AD - 493 AD

List: 1 x General (3Kn), 5 x noble cavalry (3Kn), 6 x javelinmen if Heruls, archers if not (Ps)
Terrain: Littoral if Heruls, Arable if not Heruls
Aggression: 3
Enemies:
Allies: (II/52 and II/80d) or (II/71 and/or II/72d)