Iordanes

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

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Iordanes canonical 1
Justin (historian) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Late Antiquity writer
Roman bureaucrat
chronicler
historian
approximateDateOfGetica c. 551 CE
approximateDateOfRomana c. 551–552 CE
basedOn Cassiodorus’ lost Gothic history
citizenship Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
culture Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
era 6th century
ethnicOrigin possibly Gothic
fieldOfWork Gothic history
Roman history
historiography
floruit c. 550 CE
genre historical writing
Getica_subject Gothic wars with the Roman Empire
migration of the Goths
origins of the Goths
historicalReputation important source for the transition from Roman to post-Roman world
key source for Gothic history
influenced medieval Gothic historiography
knownFor Getica
Romana
language Latin
notableWork Getica
linked to: Getica of Jordanes

Romana
occupation bureaucrat
cleric
historian
regionOfActivity Constantinople
Eastern Mediterranean
religion Christianity
religiousStatus possibly bishop
Romana_subject universal history from Creation to his own time
sourceFor history of late antiquity
history of the Goths
sourceType primary source for 6th-century perspectives on Goths
secondary source for Gothic traditions
textualTradition survives in medieval Latin manuscripts
wrote De origine actibusque Getarum
linked to: Getica of Jordanes

De summa temporum vel origine actibusque gentis Romanorum
Getica
linked to: Getica of Jordanes

Romana

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Jordanes alternativeName Iordanes
Heracles of Macedon sourceMention Justin (historian)
linked to: Iordanes