About the Date of the Crimean Gothia Creation
Journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija
Year: 2018

Introduction. Historians date the creation of the Crimean Gothia by 325 or the beginning of the 5th century, or the beginning of the 8th century. Methods. For justification of a date of creation of the Crimean Gothia it is necessary to analyse all references to the toponym in written sources. Analysis. The toponym Gothia (Γοτθία) is for the first time mentioned in the signature of the bishop Gothia Theophilus in the Act of the First Oecumenical Counsil of Nicaea in 325. P. I. Koeppen, F. K. Bruu