He asserts that the Goths originated from the island of "Scandza," or present-day Scandinavia, and moved southwards under the leadership of their first known king, The ancient historian Jordanes, himself of Gothic origin, offers one of the most comprehensive early records of the Goths in his work "Getica."
What we do know, based on both historical and archaeological evidence, suggests that the Goths originally hailed from Scandinavia.įrom their Nordic roots, they began their journey southwards and eastwards around the first century AD, migrating through the area now known as Poland and settling The origins of the Gothic tribes have long intrigued historians and scholars, not least because of the challenge in pinning down the precise chronology and
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