Reiks
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Reiks
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Reiks is a Gothic title for a tribal ruler, often translated as "king". In the Gothic Bible, it translates to the Greek árchōn (ἄρχων). It is presumably translated as basiliskos in the Passio of Sabbas the Goth. The Gothic Thervingi were divided into subdivisions of territory and people called kunja, led by a reiks. In times of a common threat, one of the reiks would be selected as a kindins, or head of the empire. Herwig Wolfram suggested the position was different from the Roman definition of
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Gothic title for a tribal ruler
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