Editing Heruli (section)

===Society===
Procopius writes that the Heruli practiced a form of [[senicide]], having a non-relative kill the sick and elderly and burning the remains on a wooden [[pyre]].{{sfn|Davidson|1990|p=54}}<ref name="Procopius_VI_XIV"/> Procopius also states that, following the death of their husbands, Herulian women were expected to commit suicide by hanging.{{sfn|Davidson|1990|p=67}}<ref name="Procopius_VI_XIV"/>

Furthermore, Procopius claims that the Heruli practiced [[homosexuality]]{{sfn|Bremmer|1992|pp=58-59}} or [[bestiality]], depending on the interpretation:
{{blockquote|They are still, however, faithless toward them ''[the Romans]'', and since they are given to avarice, they are eager to do violence to their neighbours, feeling no shame at such conduct. And they mate in an unholy manner, especially men with asses, and they are the basest of all men and utterly abandoned rascals.<ref name="Procopius_VI_XIV"/>}}

The translated ''"especially men with asses"'' is from the original Greek text (provided next to Dewing's translation) ''"ἂλλας τε καί ἀνδρῶν καί ὄνων"''<ref name="Procopius_VI_XIV"/> where ''ὄνων'' is genitive plural of ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BD%84%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek ὄνος]'', meaning ''donkeys''.

It appears that Procopius disliked the Heruli and wanted to present them in as negative light as possible. His description of bestiality among the Heruli is almost certainly untrue.{{sfn|Bremmer|1992|pp=58-59}}