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    Jordanes (/dʒɔːrˈdeɪniːz/; Greek: Ιορδάνης), also written as Jordanis or Jornandes, was a 6th-century Eastern Roman bureaucrat, widely believed to be of...
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  • The Romana is a Latin book written by Jordanes in the 6th century, being a short compendium of the most remarkable events from the creation down to the...
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    emergence of medieval Europe. In his book Getica (c. 551), the historian Jordanes writes that the Goths originated in southern Scandinavia, but the accuracy...
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    Getica (redirect from Getica (Jordanes))
    Deeds of the Getae), commonly abbreviated Getica, written in Late Latin by Jordanes in or shortly after 551 AD, claims to be a summary of a voluminous account...
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  • Jordane Nicolle (born 20 December 1982) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He played fourteen first-class matches between 2001 and 2005. Nicolle attended Falcon...
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    Oium (section Jordanes)
    according to the Getica by Jordanes, written around 551. It is generally assumed that the story reproduced by Jordanes contains a historical core, although...
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    Empire. However, Jordanes' account of Gothic history is notoriously unreliable. Modern scholars now believe that this explanation was Jordanes projecting contemporary...
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    as a military unit in Phrygia. The 6th century historian of the Goths Jordanes also equated the Ostrogoths of his time to the Goths ruled by King Ermanaric...
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    "malicious and convoluted Gothic legends", recorded in Jordanes' Getica after 550. According to Jordanes's narration the northern island of "Scandza", which...
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    Getica, Jordanes describes Odoacer as king of the Turcilingi (Torcilingorum rex) with Scirian and Heruli followers; in another passage Jordanes mentions...
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