In the 16th century, an Imperial envoy in Suleiman's court Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq reported having had a conversation with two Goths in Constantinople.
Angleški zgodovinar Peter Heather in ameriški zgodovinar Michael Kulikowski trdita, da Ostrogoti do 5. stoletja sploh niso obstojali in da so nastali iz drugih gotskih in negotskih plemen.