| The Origin and Deeds of the Goths (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Jordanes (Author), Mierow, Charles C. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1406546674 ISBN-13: 9781406546675 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Iordanis, known in English as Jordanes (also Jordanis'), was a 6th century bureaucrat of the Eastern Roman Empire, who turned his hand to history late in life. Though he wrote a history of Rome (Romana), the book most of interest to us now are the manuscripts the source of De origine actibusque Getarum (The Origin and Deeds of the Goths), or Getica, written in Latin (probably Jordanes' third language) at Constantinople about 551 CE. He was asked by a friend to write this book by the church as a summary of a lost multi-volume history of the Goths by the statesman, Cassiodorus. The major factors in the selection of Jordanes for this task were his interest in history (he was working on a history of Rome), his ability to write succinctly and his own Gothic background. He had been a high-level notarius, or secretary, of a small client state on the Roman frontier in Moesia, modern northern Bulgaria. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History - Performing Arts |
| Dewey: 791 |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6" W x 9" (0.40 lbs) 116 pages |
