Original: A '' Germanic '' Byzantine or Italian author referred to one of the two peoples as the Valagothi , meaning '' Roman Goths '' , and in 469 the Visigoths were called the '' Alaric Goths '' .
Simplified: The Visigoths ( Western Goths ) were one of two main branches of the Goths . The Goths were an East Germanic tribe ( the Ostrogoths being the other ) .