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Pričujoče magistrsko delo kar se le da nadrobno rekonstruira korenine in etnično identiteto barbarskega vojskovodje in političnega voditelja Odoakra, ki je leta 476 n. št. strmoglavil zadnjega zahodnorimskega cesarja. Poleg tega skuša čim bolje rekonstruirati tudi njegovo zgodnjo vojaško in politično kariero do konca 50. let 5. stoletja. Tako se, tudi preko onomastike in etimologije, poglobljeno posveti Odoakrovi družini, etnični identiteti njenih članov in predvsem očeta Edekona, kralja germanskega plemena Skirov, ter germansko-hunskemu okolju, v katerem je Odoaker odraščal in ki ga je gotovo življenjsko zaznamovalo. Orisati skušamo njegove težke bojne in vodstvene preizkušnje v mladih letih, ki so se zelo verjetno začele pri okoli 18 letih na Atilovem pohodu v Galijo l. 451. Sledeča slabo poznana 50. leta poskušamo rekonstruirati preko posrednih informacij in poustvariti različna možna dogajanja, ki se ponujajo – od tega, da je Odoaker ostal v Galiji in tam vodil neko plenilsko skupino, pa do tega, da je sodeloval v nadaljnjih bojnih manevrih »Biča božjega«, se po smrti slednjega l. 453 skupaj z očetom boril proti Atilovim sinovom ter nato pomagal dokončno formirati skirsko kraljestvo med Donavo in Tiso. The following master's thesis reconstructs, as best as possible, origins and ethnic identity of a barbarian military and political leader Odoacer who, in 476 AD, overthrew the last Western Roman emperor. It also tries to – as precisely as possible – reconstruct his early military and political career until the end of 450's. It therefore deals extensively – among other means helping it also with onomastics and etymology – with the Odoacer's family, ethnic origins of its members (especially father Edeco, king of German tribe of Sciri) and the German-Hunnic environment in which the warrior grew up and which must have had a lifelong impact on him. We try to put light on the battle and leadership ordeals in his youth, which very likely started at about 18 years of age at Attila the Hun's Gaul campaign of 451. We try to reconstuct the very badly documented 450's with the indirect data and indications that we have and therefore offer some possible variants of the events that took place – from Odoacer staying in Gaul and possibly leading a plundering group to him participating in the ensuing war operations of the »Scourge of God«, after his death in 453 fighting alongside his father against Attila's sons and then finally helping to firmly establish the Sciri kingdom between the Danube and Tisza rivers. |
