Jordanes
Sign in to saveJordanes (; Greek: Ιορδάνης), also written as Jordanis or Jornandes, was a 6th-century Eastern Roman bureaucrat, of Gothic descent, who became a historian later in life.
AI overview
Jordanes was a 6th-century Eastern Roman official of Gothic ancestry who later became a historian. His work is important because he provides one of the few surviving historical accounts from that era, offering insights into both Roman and Gothic history during a crucial period.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 0490-00-00
- Died
- 0560-00-00
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Histoire generale des Goths. Tradvite du Latin de Jornandes ...
- O proiskhozhdenii i dei͡anii͡akh getov
- De literis & lingua Getarum, siue Gothorum. Item, De notis Lombardicis
- Zosimi comitis et exaduocati fisci Historiae nouae libri VI
- Iordanis Romana et Getica
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 6
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jordanes">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Life
- Works
- Controversy
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Jordanes (; Greek: Ιορδάνης), also written as Jordanis or Jornandes, was a 6th-century Eastern Roman bureaucrat, of Gothic descent, who became a historian later in life.
He wrote two works, one on Roman history (Romana) and the other on the Goths (Getica). The latter, along with Isidore of Seville's Historia Gothorum, is one of only two extant ancient works dealing with the early history of the Goths. Other writers, such as Procopius, wrote works on the later history of the Goths. Getica has been the object of much critical review. Jordanes wrote in Late Latin rather than the classical Ciceronian Latin. According to his own introduction, he had only three days to review what Cassiodorus had written and so he must also have relied on his own knowledge.