Heruli

thumb|upright 1.2|Map of the Roman Empire and contemporary indigenous [[Europe in AD 125, showing a proposed location of Heruli on the Danish islands.]] The Heruli (also Eruli, Herules, Herulians) were one of the smaller Germanic peoples of Late Antiquity, known from records in the third to sixth centuries AD. The best recorded group of Heruli established a kingdom north of the Middle Danube, probably including the area north of present day Vienna. This kingdom was a neighbour to several other small and short-lived kingdoms in the late 5th century and early 6th century, including those of the

Norwegian petty king

commander of Herulian forces (6th c.)