Fredrickson who has hand entered the GreekĬharacters in the footnotes and who has suggested retaining the conjoined aeĪ set in my library of the first original First American Edition of 1836 was The general public and would like to thank those who have helped in making this I want to make this the best etext edition possible for both scholars and Project Gutenberg files #731-736 in the utf-8 charset are the basis of theĭavid Reed’s note in the original Project Gutenberg 1997 edition: That time only in html format and footnotes were not included in the first five Gibbon: the 1996 edition (PG #731-736) has the advantage of including all theįoonotes by Gibbon and others the 1997 edition (PG #890-895) was provided at “History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire” by Edward There are two Project Gutenberg sets produced by David Reed of the complete Milman Complete Contents 1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised) Though Jordanes’ work, written in the 6th century AD, provides valuable insights into the Goths' origins, it's important to remember that it was composed centuriesĪfter the actual events and may contain elements of myth and legend.*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE *** History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Edward Gibbon, Esq. He asserts that the Goths originated from the island of "Scandza," or present-day Scandinavia, and moved southwards under the leadership of their first known king,
The ancient historian Jordanes, himself of Gothic origin, offers one of the most comprehensive early records of the Goths in his work "Getica." What we do know, based on both historical and archaeological evidence, suggests that the Goths originally hailed from Scandinavia.įrom their Nordic roots, they began their journey southwards and eastwards around the first century AD, migrating through the area now known as Poland and settling
The origins of the Gothic tribes have long intrigued historians and scholars, not least because of the challenge in pinning down the precise chronology and
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