Jordanes

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Jordanes was a 6th-century Roman bureaucrat and historian best known for his work "Getica," a key source on the history of the Goths and other barbarian peoples.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Late Antique historian
Latin-language writer
Roman bureaucrat
chronicler
historian
alternativeName Iordanes
Jordanis
approximateDateOfBirth early 6th century
approximateDateOfDeath after 551
centuryOfActivity 6th century
culture Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
describedInWork Getica
ethnicGroup Goths
surface form: Gothic people
fieldOfWork Gothic history
Late Antiquity
Roman history
historiography
gender male
genre ethnographic history
historical writing
influenced medieval historians of the Goths
modern scholarship on Gothic and barbarian history
influencedBy Cassiodorus
knownFor describing various barbarian peoples of Late Antiquity
providing a key source on the history of the Goths
writing a summary of Cassiodorus' lost history of the Goths
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
notableWork Getica
Romana
occupation bureaucrat
historian
notary
primarySourceFor Gothic War (376–382)
surface form: Gothic–Roman relations

barbarian ethnography in Late Antiquity
early history of the Goths
religion Christianity
timePeriodWrittenAbout history of the Goths up to the mid-6th century
workDate Getica composed circa 551
Romana composed circa 551
workLocation Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
wroteAbout Goths
Huns
Roman Empire
Vandals
other barbarian peoples of Late Antiquity

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Alans mentionedBy Jordanes
Goths mentionedBy Jordanes
the Geats mentionedBy Jordanes
subject surface form: Geats
Huns mentionedBySource Jordanes
Svear mentionedBy Jordanes
Attila the Hun source Jordanes
Burebista sourceMention Jordanes
Gepids mentionedBy Jordanes
Getae describedBy Jordanes