London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2017. — (Lost Civilizations Series). — 208 p., 68 ills. The Goths are truly a ‘lost civilization’. Sweeping down from the north, ancient Gothic tribes sacked the imperial city of Rome and set in motion the decline and fall of the western Roman Empire. Ostrogothic and Visigothic kings ruled over Italy and Spain, dominating early medieval Europe. Yet...
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co, 1970. — XIV, 583 S. — (Quellen und Forschungen zur Sprach- und Kulturgeschichte der germanischen Völker; 34). Vorwort. Einleitung. Probleme der historischen Quellen. Der Scandza-Topos der frühmittelalterlichen Historiographie. Jordanes — Cassiodorius — Ablabius. Ablabius und der Autor der Westgotengeschichte. Zu den Quellen des Ablabius. Die...
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1991. – 211 p. – (Translated Texts for Historians. Vol. 11). ISBN: 0-85323-426-4 This volume brings together many important historical texts, the majority of them (speeches of Themistius, the Passion of St Saba, and evidence relating to the life and work of Ulfila) not previously available in English translation. The Canonical Letter of...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2010. — 80 p. — (Series: Barbarians!) — ISBN: 978-0-7614-4516-6. A history of the Goths, who rose as a power in the early third century and, under their famous leader Alaric, succeeded in sacking Rome in 410. Who were the barbarians? Introducing the Goths. Life in Gothia. Upheaval. Inside the Empire. Barbarian Kingdoms. Key dates in Gothic...
Warszawa: Trio, 2007. — 456 s. — ISBN: 978-83-743-6121-7. Całościowa prezentacja zmiennych kolei losów plemion gockich. Autor opisuje osiem wieków historii tego germańskiego plemienia, które odcisnęło tak znaczny wpływ na dziejach starożytnych. Bogato i starannie udokumentowana praca nie odwołuje się jedynie do materiału archeologicznego, lecz również do wielu źródeł...
Pen and Sword, 2017. — 184 p. In the late 4th century, pressure from the Huns forced the Goths to cross the Danube into the Roman Empire. The resultant Battle of Adrianople in 378 was one of Rome's greatest defeats. Both western (Visigoth) and eastern (Ostrogoth) branches of the Goths had a complex relationship with the Romans, sometimes fighting as their allies against other...
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