Jordanes

C. Mierow Charles

Description

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I wish to express my sincere thanks to Dean Andrew F. West of thegprinceton Graduate School for his unfailing interest in my work. It was in one of his graduate courses that the translation was begun, three years ago, and at his suggestion that I undertook the composition of the thesis in its present form. He has read the entire treatise in the manuscript, and has been my constant adviser and critic. Thanks are also due to Dr. Charles G. Osgood of the English Department of Princeton University for reading the translation.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Middle Ages

Informations

• Publié par: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 27 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780243835805
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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N E For thefif the Goths rst time the story o recorded in the o f Jordanes a Chri stian Goth who w rote account in the yearprobably i n Constantinople i s now i n Engl ish form as part o f an edition o f prepared by M r M ie row Those who care for romance o f hi sto ry w ill be charme d by this great tale o f a lost cause and w ill notfie hearte nd the simpl d tions o f the eulogist o f the Gothic race misleading H e pictured what he bel i eved o r wanted to bel ieve and his employment o f fable and legend as well as the na v ex ibition o f his loyal prej udices me rely heightens the i nterest o f sto ry Those who want col dly scient c narrative shoul d avoi d reading Jo rdanes but shoul d like wise remember the t ruth f ul wo rds o f gende und Poes ie malen darum noch nicht falsch weil m it anderen Farben malen al s di e H istori e S ie reden nur eine andere Sprache und handelt s ich darum aus dieser richtig ins H istorische A RE F W E

P RE E The following vers ion o f the G e t i cao f Jordanses i base d upf Mommsenon the text o as found in the M o n u m entaA u c t or have e s Berl in adhe red closely to his sppo f ell ing ropernames especially the G thic naes excepn the case o t i rdsf a very few w which are i n c mon use inantherf orm suchas Gaai seric nisad Bel rius wish express my sincere thanks to Dean AndrewF West Graduate School for his un failing interestinwork Itwas i n one o f his graduate courrses that the t ansl ationwthree years agoas begun and at his suggestionthat underto k the composition o f the thes is in itspresent form H e has read the enti re treatise inthe manuscript and has been my constant advi sercritic Thanks are also due to D r Charlesan d G Osgood o f the E rincetonngl ish f P Department o University for rationeading the transl C R E C M ER Class ic l Seminary PrncetonUniversity July

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Geographical Introduction Ocean The EasternI slands The Western Isl ands Lesse r I slands Brtain

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I I The Unite d Goths M igration o f the Goths under thei rfirst king Berig frandom to thence to the land o f the M igration to Scythi a under Descripf Scythi tion o a The th ree successive abodes o f the Goths I n Scythi a near Lake In Moesia Thrace and Dacia I n Scythia agai n above the S ea o f Pontus Thei r archery and heroes The Goths in S cythi a near Lake Explo its o f King

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The Scythian Amazons in Asia M inor Description o f the Caucasus The Goths in Moesia Thrace and Dacia and Eurypylus the Troj an

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ueen Tomyri s de feats Cyrus King de feats Darius ueen daughter becomes the w i fe o f Philip o f Macedon conquers King The wise rule o f a contemporary o f Sulla The Goths in the time o f Caesar Augustus and Tiberius Kings and Description o f Daci a and the Danube

King wars with Domitian Genealogy o f the Amal i The Goths again in Scythia beyond the Sea o f Pontus the Goth a Roman Emperor

King wars with Philip Description o f The Gepi dae and thei r de feat at the hands o f

King C iva at war with Decius The Goths in the time o f Gallus and

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The Goths pl under Asia M inori n the rei gn o f Gallienus Descripferences to Chalcedontive re Il ium and Deeds the Goths in the times o f tian and hi s colleagues The Goths unde r and i n the time o f Constantine I King con que rs the Vandal s King conquers the Herul i ethi and O rigin and histo ry o f the Huns B attle o f w ith the Huns H i s death The Goths separate i nto Visigoths and O strogoths

I I I The D i i ded Goths

The Visigoths w ith the Visigoths enters Thrace and the They de feat and slay the Empero r Valens

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makes peace w ith Gratian I D i es at Constantinopl e

The Visigoths se rving under Theodosi us conque r the usurpe r Eugen ius Deeds o f Al aric I i n the time o f Arcadius an d H onorius H is death Descripti on o f Ravenna Deeds and death o f King King