Goths

Goth can also stand for a member of the Goth subculture

The Roman empire under Hadrian (ruled 117-38) according to Tacitus's Germania (written ca. AD 100) and Ptolemy's Geographia (ca. AD 130). The map shows the location of the Gothones East Germanic group, who inhabited the east bank of the Visula (Vistula) river, Poland at the time

Gothic artifacts

The Goths (Gothic: , Gutans) were an East Germanic tribe. They spoke the Gothic language. Jordanes was a scholar from the 6th century who wrote a summary of a twelve volume work by Cassiodorus about the Goths. Jordanes work is commonly called Getica. The original work by Cassiodorius was lost, Getica is the only surviving contemporary account about the Goths. According to this book they left Scandinavia via Gotland and settled close to the mouth of the Vistula river (in present day Poland). In the 3rd and 4th centuries they settled Scythia, Dacia and parts of Moesia and Asia Minor. In the 3rd and 4th centuries, they fought with the Roman Empire and later adopted Arianism (a form of Christianity).

In the 4th and 5th centuries, they split into the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths. With this move, they established powerful successor-states of the Roman Empire in Italy and on the Iberian peninsula (now Spain & Portugal). Traces of Gothic blood can be found in many people .

Goths Media

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       Götaland*     The island of Gotland*     Wielbark culture in the early 3rd century*     Chernyakhov culture, in the early 4th century*     Roman Empire

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  A stone circle in the area of northern Poland occupied by the Wielbark culture, which is associated with the Goths

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       Oksywie culture and the early Wielbark culture*     Expansion of the Wielbark culture*     Przeworsk culture

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  The Roman Empire under Hadrian, showing the location of the Gothones, then inhabiting the east bank of the Vistula

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  Gothic invasions in the 3rd century

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  The 3rd-century Great Ludovisi sarcophagus depicts a battle between Goths and Romans.

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  Europe in AD 300, showing the distribution of the Goths near the Black Sea

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  Ring of Pietroassa, dated AD 250 to AD 400 and found in Pietroasele, Romania, features a Gothic language inscription in the Elder Futhark runic alphabet