Heremigarius

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Heremigarius or Hermigarius (fl. 427–429) was a Suevic military leader operative in Lusitania in the early fifth century. He may have been a joint monarch with Hermeric, but there is no primary source to prove it.[1] According to Hydatius, he had attacked the Vandal cities of Seville and Mérida and was thus "cast down in the river Ana by the arm of God," where he drowned.[2] He was in fact defeated by the Vandal king Geiseric near Mérida and drowned on the retreat.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Thompson, 166.
  2. ^ Muhlberger, chapter 3, §5.
  3. ^ Schwarz, 50.

[edit] Sources

  • Muhlberger, Steve. Overview of Late Antiquity. 1996.
  • Shwarz, Andreas. "The Settlement of the Vandals in North Africa." Andrew H. Merrills, ed., Vandals, Romans and Berbers: New Perspectives on Late Antique North Africa (pp. 49–58). Ashgate Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0 754 64145 7.
  • Thompson, E. A. Romans and Barbarians: The Decline of the Western Empire. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1982. ISBN 0 299 08700 X.
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