Among the peoples who live on the south bank of theDanube inNoricum ripense and who arede facto ruled by theRugii, whose empire has its centre nearKrems on the north bank, are Romii who had been evacuated earlier from Danube settlements above theRiver Enns. They include members of theSeverinconvent. Because some of the Rugii want to fight for East Rome againstOdoacer, they destroy the Rugian Empire and allow the Romii to be evacuated to Italy by his brother,Hunulf, in order to prevent the re-establishment of the Rugian Empire by a surviving prince. The northernDanubian Limes of the Roman Empire are effectively abandoned. Even the relics ofSeverinus of Noricum are carried with them.
