The Origin and Deeds of the Goths

图书信息

作者	Jordanes
出版社	Seltzer Books
ISBN	9781455436712
出版时间	2018-03-01
字数	15.6万
分类	进口书,外文原版书,法律,政治,宗教

读书简介

This English version first published in 1908. "For the first time the story of the Goths recorded in the Getica of Jordanes, a Christian Goth who wrote his account in the year 551, probably in Constantinople, is now put in English form, as part of an edition of the Getica prepared by Mr. Mierow. Those who care for the romance of history will be charmed by this great tale of a lost cause and will not find the simple-hearted exaggerations of the eulogist of the Gothic race misleading. He pictured what he believed or wanted to believe, and his employment of fable and legend, as well as the naive exhibition of his loyal prejudices, merely heightens the interest of his story." According to Wikipedia: "Jordanes, also written Jordanis or, uncommonly, Jornandes, 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 ancient work dealing with the early history of the Goths."

目录

THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS BY JORDANES

NOTE

PREFACE

THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS

(Preface)

(Geographical Introduction)

(BRITAIN)

(SCANDZA)

(The United Goths)

(THE GOTHS IN THE TIME OF GALLUS, VOLUSIANUS AND AEMILIANUS)

(THE TIMES OF DIOCLETIAN)

(The Divided Goths: Visigoths)

(The Divided Goths: Ostrogoths)

(Conclusion)