 The Lombards took both Rodulf's standard ("vexillum") and his helmet, and Paul the Deacon claimed that this broke the courage of the Heruli such that they never had a king again.However Procopius, who was much closer to the events, notes that the Heruli divided and moved, but still had kings.King Rodulf ("Roduulf rex") of the Ranii is only mentioned once, in the "Getica" ("De origine actibusque Getarum"; "The Origin and Deeds of the Goths") which was written by the Roman historian Jordanes.