Jordanis

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Late Antique writer Roman bureaucrat historian historical work

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

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Getica	0
Romana	0

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Late Antique writer ⓘ Roman bureaucrat ⓘ historian ⓘ historical work ⓘ
approximateDateOfBirth	early 6th century ⓘ
approximateDateOfDeath	after 551 ⓘ
author	Jordanis NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorOf	De origine actibusque Getarum NERFINISHED ⓘ Getica NERFINISHED ⓘ Romana NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfComposition	551 ⓘ
ethnicBackground	possibly Gothic ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Gothic history ⓘ Roman history ⓘ
floruit	6th century ⓘ
genre	historiography ⓘ
historicalEra	Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed	Gothic history up to the 6th century ⓘ
influencedBy	Cassiodorus NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Getica NERFINISHED ⓘ Romana NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin ⓘ
notableWork	De origine actibusque Getarum NERFINISHED ⓘ Getica NERFINISHED ⓘ Romana NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	bureaucrat ⓘ historian ⓘ notary ⓘ
primarySourceFor	history of the Goths NERFINISHED ⓘ migration-period Gothic history ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
subject	history of the Goths ⓘ
usedSources	Cassiodorus' Gothic history NERFINISHED ⓘ classical Roman historians ⓘ
workLocation	Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
wroteAbout	Goths NERFINISHED ⓘ Huns NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ barbarian peoples of Late Antiquity ⓘ

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Jordanes → alternativeName → Jordanis ⓘ