Getica The Origin And Deeds Of The Goths

Author : Jordanes
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244746672
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Getica: The Origin and Deeds of the Goths written by Jordanes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De origine actibusque Getarum (The Origin and Deeds of the Gothsor the Getica, written in Late Latin by Jordanes in or shortly after 551 AD, claims to be a summary of a voluminous account by Cassiodorus of the origin and history of the Gothic people, which is now lost. However, the extent to which Jordanes actually used the work of Cassiodorus is unknown. It is significant as the only remaining contemporaneous resource that gives the full story of the origin and history of the Goths. Another aspect of this work is its information about the early history and the customs of Slavs.

Author : Jordanes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin and Deeds of the Goths written by Jordanes and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jordanes
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781466261242
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin and Deeds of the Goths written by Jordanes and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English - Latin parallel text edition. Jordanes was a 6th century Roman bureaucrat, who turned his hand to history later in life. While he also wrote Romana about the history of Rome, his best-known work is his Getica, written in Constantinople about AD 551. It is the only extant classical work dealing with the early history of the Goths. Jordanes was asked by a friend to write this book as a summary of a now lost multi-volume history of the Goths by the statesman Cassiodorus. He was selected for his known interest in history, his ability to write succinctly, and because of his own Gothic background. He had been a high-level notarius, or secretary, of a small client state on the Roman frontier in Moesia, modern northern Bulgaria. Other writers, e.g. Procopius, wrote works still extant on the later history of the Goths. As the only surviving work on Gothic origins, the Getica has been the object of much critical review. Jordanes wrote in Late Latin rather than the classical Ciceronian Latin. According to his own introduction, he only had three days to review what Cassiodorus had written, meaning that he must also have relied on his own knowledge. Some of his statements are laconic. A pukka classic from www.arepo.biz

Author : Jordanes
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ISBN 13 : 9780368882395
Total Pages : 134 pages
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Download or read book The Origin and Deeds of the Goths written by Jordanes and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated by Charles C. Mierow. De origine actibusque Getarum, or the Getica, is a summary of the now lost account by Cassiodorus of the origin and history of the Gothic people. It tells of the great battles between the Goths and Romans, of the First Great Race War against Europe waged by the Huns under Attila, the Gothic involvement in the great sacking of Rome-and much, much more. Jordanes' work is the single most important source on the origin and migration of the Goths, Ostrogoths and Visigoths. Starting with a fictionalized account of Gothic origins and travels, the Getica then deals with the very real story of the first meeting between Roman and Gothic forces on the eastern borders of the Empire in the present-day north Balkans. It tells of the initial clashes between Roman and Goth, and of how they were eventually forced to become allies against the invasion of Europe by the Asiatic hordes under Attila the Hun. Once that invasion was warded off, the story continues with the adventures of the Ostrogoths, the Visigoths, Gaul, Spain, the last Gothic rulers of the Western Roman Empire, their part in the final fall of Rome and their descendant's role in the Eastern Roman Empire. The Getica is, even after 1,500 years, still a riveting read and brimming with adventure, despair, heroism and incredible deeds which helped shape Europe, and a vital source for early Gothic, Slavic, Roman and Hunnish history. This version has been completely reset and follows the identical margin notes, introduction and literary overview of Charles C. Mierow's Princeton University edition. About the author: Jordanes (sixth century AD) was a Goth whose immediate family came from Moesia, or modern northern Bulgaria, when it was on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. Little else is known about his life or death except that he was a high-level notarius, or civil servant who turned to history writing as a hobby after being converted to Christianity.

Author : Jordanes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Jordanes The Origin and Deeds of the Goths written by Jordanes and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jordanes
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781495204319
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book The Origin and Deeds of the Goths written by Jordanes and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De origine actibusque Getarum, or the Getica, is a summary of the now lost account by Cassiodorus of the origin and history of the Gothic people. It tells of the great battles between the Goths and Romans, of the First Great Race War against Europe waged by the Huns under Attila, the Gothic involvement in the great sacking of Rome-and much, much more. Jordanes' work is the single most important source on the origin and migration of the Goths, Ostrogoths and Visigoths. Starting with a fictionalized account of Gothic origins and travels, the Getica then deals with the very real story of the first meeting between Roman and Gothic forces on the eastern borders of the Empire in the present-day north Balkans. It tells of the initial clashes between Roman and Goth, and of how they were eventually forced to become allies against the invasion of Europe by the Asiatic hordes under Attila the Hun. Once that invasion was warded off, the story continues with the adventures of the Ostrogoths, the Visigoths, Gaul, Spain, the last Gothic rulers of the Western Roman Empire, their part in the final fall of Rome and their descendant's role in the Eastern Roman Empire. The Getica is, even after 1,500 years, still a riveting read and brimming with adventure, despair, heroism and incredible deeds which helped shape Europe, and a vital source for early Gothic, Slavic, Roman and Hunnish history. This version has been completely reset and follows the identical margin notes, introduction and literary overview of Charles C. Mierow's Princeton University edition.

Author : Active 6th century Jordanes
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
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Download or read book The Origin and Deeds of the Goths written by Active 6th century Jordanes and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-12 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Origin and Deeds of the Goths" by Active 6th century Jordanes (translated by Charles Christopher Mierow). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Jordanes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
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Download or read book The Gothic History of Jordanes in English Version written by Jordanes and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Iordanes (Gothus.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Origin and Deeds of the Goths in English Version written by Iordanes (Gothus.) and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jordanes
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781503086876
Total Pages : 110 pages
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Download or read book The Origins and Deeds of the Goths written by Jordanes and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jordanes' "The Origins and Deeds of the Goths" or Getica is a history of the early years of the Goths and was a summary of an earlier and longer work, but is now the only surviving narrative of this subject from the ancient world. Translated by Charles C. Mierow. First published in 1908.