It is uncertain but possible that this Rodulf is the same king of that name who is described in the "Getica" of Jordanes, as the king of the Ranii on the island of Scandza (what Jordanes called Scandinavia), who left his kingdom near the Danes, and came to Italy, where he succeeded in gaining the "embrace" ("gremium") of the Ostrogothic King of Italy, Theodoric the Great. Notably, Jordanes also mentions that the Heruli had been living in this area also, until they were driven out by the Danes, though his text does not clearly connect this Rodulf to the Scandza Heruli.