About the origin and acts of the Geta. Jordan

The composition of the late Roman historian Jordan “On the origin and acts of the Getica” is one of the largest works of the era of the early European Middle Ages, one of the most interesting sources in the history of the whole era as a whole. Jordan sets out the historical fates of the Geta (ready), starting from the time when they left Scandinavia and landed near the mouth of Visla. He describes their advancement south, to the Black Sea, and then to the west, up to Italy and Spain, where they formed two powerful states - Visigotes and Ostrogoths.

not only as a researcher, based on written sources, but And as an eyewitness to many events, the Jordan presented in his presentation a grandiose picture of the “great resettlement of peoples” in the 4th-5th centuries. He outlined the movement of tribes from the east and north and their struggle with the Roman Empire on its Danube borders, in its Balkan and Western provinces. The gigantic historical panorama includes vivid pictures of the most fateful for the entire European civilization of events - the invasion of a formidable warrior.