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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jordanes canonical | 11 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Late Antique historian
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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
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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)
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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
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Romana composed circa 551 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Constantinople (probable)
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surface form:
Constantinople
|
| wroteAbout |
Goths
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Huns ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Vandals ⓘ other barbarian peoples of Late Antiquity ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
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