Jordanes
Also: Jornandes, Iordanes
Born: the year and the place are not known. Died perhaps from 551; the place is not known.
Sixth-century writer of Gothic family who made a short history of the Goths out of the lost work of Cassiodorus.
Wrote in Latin.
The catalog has no author record for Jordanes. His Getica is filed under Cassiodorus as a witness to the lost Gothic History.
Places lived
No place is known. The page shows no place from guesswork.
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
- Getica (The Origin and Deeds of the Goths)A short history of the Goths, made from the lost twelve-book Gothic History of Cassiodorus.33,190 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not known
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanes says about 490 and names no source for it; no year is taken here
- Place of birth not known
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanes : he was a notary on the lower Danube; no town
- Died not sure
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanes : the page says about 560 and names no source for it; his books end in 551-552
- Place of death not known
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanes