Ermanarichs arctoi gentes (Jordanes Getica, 116)
Journal: Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia
Year: 2016

The well-knowm fragment from Jordanes Getica (116) containing the list of northern peoples allegedly conquered by the Gothic king Ermanarich is reconsidered taking into account the long history of studies, data of other late antique and early medieval sources and onomastics of Finno-Ugric, Iranian and North Caucasian languages. The list is considered to be originally a Gothic poetical memorandum similar to other Germanic thulas (as, e.g ., in “Widsith”) introduced into Latin text and partly lati