The Origin and Deeds of the Goths

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Title: The Origin and Deeds of the Goths
Author: Jordanes
Release Date: January 26, 2005 [eBook #14809] [Date last updated: July 5, 2006]
Language: English
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THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS
by
JORDANES
in English Version
Part of a Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Princeton University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
by CHARLES C. MIEROW
Princeton
1908NOTE
For the first time the story of the Goths recorded in the G e t i c a 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 G e t i c a prepared by Mr.
Mierow. ...