Amali, I also, Jordanes, although an unlearned man before my conversion, was secretary. Paria was Jordanes's paternal grandfather. Jordanes writes that he...

past. In the account of Jordanes (or Cassiodorus), Herodotus' Getian demi-god Zalmoxis becomes a king of the Goths (39). Jordanes tells how the Goths sacked...

according to the Getica by Jordanes, written around 551. It is generally assumed that the story reproduced by Jordanes contains a historical core, although...

"The Aims of Jordanes", Historia, 31: 223–240, archived from the original on April 30, 2006 Arne Søby Christensen (2002), Cassiodorus, Jordanes, and the History...

York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19881-625-6. Jordanes (1915). The Gothic History of Jordanes. Translated by Charles C. Mierow. London: Oxford University...

history is the Getica of the 6th-century historian Jordanes, who may have been of Gothic descent. Jordanes claims to have based the Getica on an earlier lost...

Empire. However, Jordanes' account of Gothic history is notoriously unreliable. Modern scholars now believe that this explanation was Jordanes projecting contemporary...

Jordane Nicolle (born 20 December 1982) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He played fourteen first-class matches between 2001 and 2005. Nicolle attended Falcon...

of the Goths in late antiquity are those by Jordanes, Isidore of Seville, and Procopius, although Jordanes focused especially on the Amal clan's supposed...

were subjected to the Huns, in the 440s, according to Jordanes. Goffart, sceptical of Jordanes, has suggested that "scattered evidence", including descriptions...

Getica, Jordanes describes Odoacer as king of the Turcilingi (Torcilingorum rex) with Scirian and Heruli followers; in another passage Jordanes mentions...

legions (12.21). Jerome, Chronicon, Ol. 258; Jordanes, Romana, 285. Zosimus, New History, i.28.1–2. Jordanes, Getica, 105. Varner 2004, p. 209. Eutropius...

Gothiscandza, and that this name still existed in the time of Jordanes. According to Jordanes, the Goths then moved to an area near the coast inhabited by...

possibly first mentioned locally by the Kylver Stone in the 4th century. Jordanes, in the 6th century, mentions Suehans and Suetidi. Beowulf mentions the...

Century, mentioned by the 6th-century historian Jordanes. He was a contemporary of King Cniva. Jordanes' account differs with those of Zosimus and Joannes...

century by Jordanes, as people who had lived on the Baltic coast near the Vistula long before him. In a passage that is difficult to interpret Jordanes mentioned...

was ostensibly a chieftain of the Huns, mentioned by Jordanes in his Getica (c. 550 AD). Jordanes simply called him "king of the Huns" (Latin: rex Hunnorum)...

himself was killed in the battle. According to the 6th-century historian Jordanes: And so the bravest nations tore themselves to pieces. For then, I think...

tribe, Jordanes and Procopius both appear to suggest that the Antes were Slavic by the 5th century. In describing the lands of Scythia, Jordanes states...

3. 115-116 Jordanes, Getica 38. 197 and 201 Jordanes, Getica 40. 209 and 41. 214; Hydatius, chronicle 150, in: MGH AA 11, p. 26 Jordanes, Getica 36....

Egyptians told by Orosius with Jordanes recasting a Scythian king as a king of the Goths. Sesostris The Goths, by Jordanes, Chapter 6: War of Tanausis and...

Olibrones or Olibriones are a group of Roman allies mentioned by Jordanes in his account of the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451 AD between Aetius'...

According to a tale related by Jordanes in his Getica, Gothiscandza was the first settlement area of the Goths after their migration from Scandza during...

Cassiodorus and Jordanes; however, it is more likely that this was a fictitious claim designed to bolster Athalaric's legitimacy. Jordanes states "Hermanaric...

the 6th-century writer Jordanes. Putting aside recent attempts to find other types of evidence to confirm his story, Jordanes is the original source of...

Vithimiris was elected as the new king. According to Jordanes' Getica, Ermanaric ruled the realm of Oium. Jordanes describes him as a "Gothic Alexander" who "ruled...

if correct, may only account for the Byzantine Slavs of Jordanes and Procopius since Jordanes clearly (see above) understands Veneti as a group at least...

is a legendary king of the Goths appearing in the Getica by Jordanes. According to Jordanes, Berig led his people on three ships from Scandza (Scandinavia)...

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...

Empire. He is called "King of the Britons" by the 6th-century historian Jordanes, but the extent of his realm is unclear. Some Arthurian scholars identify...