Before revision: Instead he asserted that the Gothic peoples, among whom he listed not only the Goths but also the Gepids and Vandals, had once been the Sarmatians, and also the less well-known ancient Melanchlaeni or "black cloaks".
After revision: Instead he asserted that the Gothic peoples, among whom he listed not only the Goths but also the Gepids and Vandals, had once been the Sarmatians, and also the less well-known known to writers as, further back, as Melanchlaeni or "black cloaks".