The opening sections of the Getica form a large digression about the large northern island in the Baltic sea known as "Scandza" by Jordanes, by which he is understood by modern scholars to have intended the peninsula of Scandinavia. According to Jordanes (IV 25, XVII 94), the Goths left this island in two boats, along with one boat of Gepids, 2030 years before 540, or 1490 BCE. Jordanes, apparently influenced by the earlier Bible-influenced stories of Scythian origins, created an influential narrative in this section whereby Scandza was a "womb of nations" who had spread from their in large numbers. He also gives a remarkable list of peoples who Jordanes believed lived in Scandza during his own time.  The name "Scandza" can be found in earlier Greek geographers such as Pliny the Elder and Ptolemy, and Jordanes explicitly mentions having used such sources. This raises the possibility that Jordanes used a name from his reading of Roman and Greek authors, in order to add detail to an older idea of a northern origin for the Scythians . The description also contains a long list of peoples who Jordanes believed to have been living in Scandinavia in his own lifetimes, suggesting that he (like his contemporary Procopius, and the earlier Cassiodorus) had an interest in collecting information about the northern regions .
The opening sections of the Getica form a large digression about the large northern island in the Baltic sea known as "Scandza" to Jordanes. He is understood by modern scholars to have intended the peninsula of Scandinavia. According to Jordanes (IV 25, XVII 94), the Goths left this island in two boats, along with one boat of Gepids, 2030 years before 540, or 1490 BCE. Jordanes, apparently influenced by the earlier Bible-influenced stories of Scythian origins, created an influential narrative in this section whereby Scandza was a "womb of nations" , claiming that many nations had spread from there in large numbers. He also gives a remarkable list of peoples who Jordanes believed lived in Scandza during his own time. It has been suggested that he (like his contemporary Procopius, and the earlier Cassiodorus) had an interest in collecting information about the northern regions. The name "Scandza" can be found in earlier Greek geographers such as Pliny the Elder and Ptolemy, and Jordanes explicitly mentions having used such sources. This raises the possibility that Jordanes used a name from his reading of Roman and Greek authors, in order to add detail to an older idea of a northern origin for the Scythians .
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The description also contains a long list of peoples who Jordanes believed to have been living in Scandinavia in his own lifetimes, suggesting that he (like his contemporary Procopius, and the earlier Cassiodorus) had an interest in collecting information about the northern regions