Dagistheus
Dagistheus (fl. 479) was an Ostrogothic chieftain. The name is Germanic.[1] Theodoric the Great (r. 474–526) sent Dagistheus and Soas as hostages to Adamantius in Epirus in 479.[1] He was presumably a leading Ostrogothic chieftain under Theodoric.[1] The Roman baths in Constantinople were possibly named after him.[1] He may have been an ancestor of the later Byzantine general Dagisthaeus.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Jones 1980, p. 341.
Sources[]
- Arnold Hugh Martin Jones; John Robert Martindale; J. Morris (1980). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Cambridge University Press. pp. 341–. ISBN 978-0-521-20159-9.
Categories:
- 5th-century Ostrogothic people
- 5th-century Byzantine people