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."
The Origin and Deeds of the Goths
Kom i gang med denne boken i dag for 0 kr
- Få full tilgang til alle bøkene i appen i prøveperioden
- Ingen forpliktelser, si opp når du vil
The Secrets of Happiness : Three Thousand Years of Searching for the Good Life
Göring och Sverige
The Goths : A Captivating Guide to the Visigoths and Ostrogoths Who Sacked Rome and Played an Essential Role in the Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The Sacred Band : Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom
Making Sense
The Source of Miracles: 7 Steps to Transforming Your Life through the Lord's Prayer
The Story of the Goths
The Story of the Goths from the Earliest Times to the End of the Gothic Dominion in Spain
The Destruction of Jerusalem
Norsk ordbok : En ämnesbaserad metod
Scottish History : A Concise Overview of the History of Scotland From Start to End
Hermetica by Hermes Trismegistus
