Jordanes (3438 bytes)
1: '''Jordanes''' (also '''Jordanis''' or even '''Iornandes,''' ...
3: ... Arian, perspective. In the age of [[Justinian]], Jordanes was a [[Christianity|Christian]] and just possibl...
5: ... as the center of civilization. The sympathies of Jordanes, of Germanic origin but not himself a Goth, are f...
7: ...but of some value for the century 450 - 550, when Jordanes is dealing with recent history.
13: ...harles C. Mierow's classic English translation of Jordanes' Gothic history]

Tanausis (1223 bytes)
1: ...a legendary king of the [[Goths]], according to [[Jordanes]]'s ''[[Getica]]'' (5.47). The [[19th century]] s...
3: ...ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] king [[Sesostris]] (whom Jordanes calls ''Vesosis''). At a battle on the banks of ...
5: ...s' followers remained in the conquered lands, and Jordanes cites [[Pompeius Trogus]] as saying these were th...
7: Following his death, Jordanes writes that the Goths worshipped Tanausis as a go...

Daner (1147 bytes)
1: ...wedes). They seem to be, however, mentioned by [[Jordanes]], as the '''Dani''', and also by [[Procopius]].
5: Jordanes maintains that the '''Dani''' were the of the sam...
7: ...acitus simply did not overlook the Dani, and if [[Jordanes]]'s information was correct, it is possible that ...

Ermanaric (1701 bytes)
5: .... Because of this his name takes many forms: in [[Jordanes]]' [[Getica]] he is ''Ermanaricus'', in the [[Old...
7: ... in [[Getica]] by the [[6th century]] historian [[Jordanes]].
11: ...ature, including that of England and Scandinavia. Jordanes claims that he successfully ruled the Goths until...

Ranrike (1017 bytes)
3: ==Jordanes==
4: The Gothic scholar [[Jordanes]] mentioned two nations named the ''Ragnarici'' a...

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths (2739 bytes)
1: ...monly referred to as ''Getica'', was written by [[Jordanes]], probably in [[Constantinople]], and was publis...
3: ...siodorus is scarcely disputed, for in his Preface Jordanes presents his simple plan "to condense in my own s...
5: ...e Cassiodorus' original version has not survived, Jordanes' work is one of the most important sources for th...
15: ...d/texts/jordanes.html J.J. O'Donnell: The Aims of Jordanes]
20: * [[Charles C. Mierow]]. ''The Gothic History of Jordanes''. Princeton: University Press, 1915. (Reprinted ...

Rugians (1477 bytes)
1: ...rman ''ü'' in ''Rügen''). However, at the time of Jordanes, there were many Rugii in Italy whose tribe had m...

Gepid (5170 bytes)
8: ...ntury. Their early mythic origins are reported in Jordanes' ''Origins and Deeds of the Goths'', where he cla...
11: ...w their descent from "Gapt, who begat Hulmul..." (Jordanes, xiv.79). Others, however, suspect ''Gapt'' to be...
13: ...e plains of Hungary to empty into the [[Danube]] (Jordanes, v.33; xxii.113).
17: ...her to a standstill, with 15,000 dead reported by Jordanes, our main source.
20: ...ed and the [[Heruli]] of light-armed warriors.'' (Jordanes, l.259)

Gothiscandza (606 bytes)
1: ...s according to the [[6th century]] Goth scholar [[Jordanes]], the first settlement of the [[Goths]] after th...

Rodwulf (716 bytes)
1: ...rder to have some adventure. He is described by [[Jordanes]] in ''[[Getica]]'' and based on similarity of na...

Finnveden (727 bytes)
3: It was first mentioned by [[Jordanes]] when he referred to its population as the ''Fin...

Romerike (2135 bytes)
8: ===Jordanes===
9: The [[6th century]] Goth scholar [[Jordanes]] wrote in his ''[[Getica]]'' about a tribe locat...

Gotlander (687 bytes)
3: ...they are not mentioned as a special group until [[Jordanes]]' [[Getica]], where they may be those who are ca...

Merya (795 bytes)
3: ...ioned by the [[6th century]] [[Gothic]] scholar [[Jordanes]] as the '''Merens''' and later by the Russian ch...

Hålogaland (772 bytes)
1: ...ation may be the ''Adogit'' (''Halogit''?) that [[Jordanes]] named as the most northern tribe of [[Scandza]]...

580 (1159 bytes)
11: * Around this time, the historian [[Jordanes]] writes several books.

Scandinavia (etymology) (1159 bytes)
1: ...'''Scadinavia''' appears in Roman texts, and in [[Jordanes]]' history of the [[Goths]] (551 CE) we meet the ...

551 (1131 bytes)
11: *[[Jordanes]] publishes [[The Origin and Deeds of the Goths]]...

Svitjod (1129 bytes)
1: ...ears in [[Beowulf]] as ''Sweoðeod'', and in [[Jordanes]] as ''Suetidi''.

Scandza (6180 bytes)
1: ...dza''' was the name given to [[Scandinavia]] by [[Jordanes]], in his work [[Getica]]. It contains several ac...
4: Jordanes referred to [[Ptolemy]]'s fairly correct descript...
12: Jordanes names a multitude of tribes living in Scandza, wh...
25: ... [[Scania]], which must be due to not having read Jordanes, since the description covers all of the Scandina...
27: ...ythical location. This is strikingly at odds with Jordanes' numerous correct descriptions and the fact that ...

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