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Jordanes

Also known as Iordanes

Jordanes (; Greek: Ιορδάνης), also written as Jordanis or Jornandes, was a 6th-century Eastern Roman bureaucrat, of Gothic descent, who became a historian later in life.

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Jordanes was a male historian and writer of the Byzantine Empire. Born in 490 in the Roman Empire, he died in 560 and is noted for his activity around the year 600. A member of the Gothic ethnic group, he wrote in Latin. His most notable work is the *Getica*.

His writings have been documented in various sources, including the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition. Other listed works include *De literis & lingua Getarum, siue Gothorum. Item, De notis Lombardicis* and *Iordanis Romana et Getica*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Works: 22

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Zosimi comitis et exaduocati fisci Historiae nouae libri VI
Histoire generale des Goths. Tradvite du Latin de Jornandes ...
O proiskhozhdenii i dei͡anii͡akh getov
De literis & lingua Getarum, siue Gothorum. Item, De notis Lombardicis
Iordanis Romana et Getica

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Chiral Compounds Synthesized by Biocatalytic Reductions [New Synthetic Methods (51)]
· 1985 · cited 221x
Chirale Verbindungen durch biokatalytische Reduktionen
· 1985 · cited 69x
Jordanes: Romana and Getica
· 2020 · cited 1x
A figura de Átila, rei dos hunos, na história dos godos escrita por Jordanes
· 2016
IDDF2026-ABS-0296 Beyond borders: gaps and similarities in inflammatory bowel disease clinical epidemiology and phenotypes between developed and developing countries, a comparative analysis
· 2026

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Person.occupation: Writer, historian
Person.notable_works: Romana, Getica

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Works in European collections

31 objects attributed to Jordanes, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Historia Gotthorvm, Vandalorvm, & Langobardorvm

Zosimi comitis ... Historiae novae libri sex : numquam hactenus editi ; quibus additae sunt historiae Procopii Caesariensis, Agathiae Myrrinaei, Jornandis Alani

De rebus Gothorum et Pauli Warnefridi historia Longobardiae libri

Diversarum Gentium Historiae Antiquae Scriptores Tres : Iornandes Episcop. De Regnorum ac temporum successionibus. Eiusdem Historia De origine Gothorum. Isidorus Hispalens. De Gothis, Wandalis, & Suevis. Eiusdem Chronicon Regum Wisigothorum. Pauli Warnefridi F. Diaconi De gestis Longobardorum Lib. VI.

Historia Gotthorvm, Vandalorvm, & Langobardorvm

Mirabilia descripta : the wonders of the East

Gothicarvm Et Langobardicarvm Rervm Scriptores aliquot veteres : Ex Bibliotheca Bon. Vulcanii & aliorum.

Chronicon abbatis Vrspergen. and nino rege Assyriorvm magno: vsqve ad Fridericvm II. Romanorvm imperator

IORNANDES DE REBVS GOTHORVM /

Diversarvm Gentivm Historiæ Antiqvæ Scriptores Tres. Iornandes Episcop. De Regnorum ac temporum successionibus. Eivsdem Historia De origine Gothorum. Isidorvs Hispalens, De Gothis, Wandalis & Suevis. Eivsdem Chronicon Regum Wisigothorum Pavli Warnefridi F. Diaconi De gestis Longobardorum Lib. VI.. Frid. Lindenbrogivs Recensuit & Observationibvs illustravit

De Getorum, sive Gothorum Origine et rebus gestis. Isidori Chronicon Gothorum ... Procopii Fragmentum, de priscis fedibus et migrationibus Gothorum, Graece et Latine

Incipit de Origine actibusque Getarum

De Rebus Gothorum. Paulus Diaconus ... De Gestis Langobardorum

Jordanis De Getarum sive Gothorum origine et rebus gestis. recogn., annot. critica instruxit et cum varietate lectionis ed. Carol. Aug. Closs

Jordanis De origine actibusque Getarum. ed. Alfred Holder

Historische Sammelhandschrift - Staatsbibliothek Bamberg Msc.Hist.3

De Getarum, sive Gothorum origine et rebus gestis

Variarum libri XII

Zosimi comitis ... Historiae novae libri sex : numquam hactenus editi ; quibus additae sunt historiae Procopii Caesariensis, Agathiae Myrrinaei, Jornandis Alani

XIV Deutsche Kriegs- und Siegeslieder von Jornandes

Iordanis Romana et Getica

Iordanis de origine actibusque Getarum

Diversarum gentium historiae antiquae scriptores tres

Iordanis de origine actibusque Getarum

Iordanis Romana et Getica

De Getarum sive Gothorum origine et rebus gestis

Jordanes Gothengeschichte : nebst Auszügen aus seiner römischen Geschichte

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Jordanes (; Greek: Ιορδάνης), also written as Jordanis or Jornandes, was a 6th-century Eastern Roman bureaucrat, of Gothic descent, who became a historian later in life.

He wrote two works, one on Roman history (Romana) and the other on the Goths (Getica). The latter, along with Isidore of Seville's Historia Gothorum, is one of only two extant ancient works dealing with the early history of the Goths. Other writers, such as Procopius, wrote works on the later history of the Goths. Getica has been the object of much critical review. Jordanes wrote in Late Latin rather than the classical Ciceronian Latin. According to his own introduction, he had only three days to review what Cassiodorus had written and so he must also have relied on his own knowledge.

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