skiri
appearance: c. -230
destruction: 469
ascendancy: east germans[1]
the skiri were an originally east german tribe that, under celtic influence, invaded the eastern parts of rome about -230. the skiri maintained their independence for several centuries before they were eventually destroyed. note: odoacer was skiri. edika-->odoacer-->thela. link to modernity is undefined.
[1]: the role of migration in the history of the eurasian steppe, andrew bell-fialkoff, 2000
[2]: the germanic invasions, lucien musset, 1965
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