Of Gothic descent, Jordanes wrote a unique set of histories. The
Getica narrates the history of the Goths from their earliest
origins until the middle of the sixth century. Building on the lost
history of Cassiodorus, it is the earliest example of a history
told from the perspective of one of the barbarian peoples
establishing kingdoms in the fifth and sixth centuries. It had
great influence on later medieval historians, on national histories
of the nineteenth century and on modern accounts of Gothic history.
The Romana is a survey of world and Roman history. Whilst largely
dependent on traditional Roman histories and chronicles for events
up to the fourth century, it contains much unique information for
the last two centuries it narrates. This book offers the first
translation into English of the Getica for a century and the first
modern translation of the Romana. The introduction locates the
Getica and the Romana in the context of ancient historiography,
building a new picture of Jordanes as a historian and of the two
works themselves. It also offers a detailed discussion of the
sources used by Jordanes, suggesting possible ways to identify his
debt to Cassiodorus. Extensive notes guide the reader through these
fascinating but often complex texts.
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