Goths
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Barbarians, Nomads, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Italian History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History, Spanish/Portuguese History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Spain, Italy, Balkans
- Date: mid-300’s-715
Article abstract: Military significance: Often regarded as the destroyers of the Roman Empire, the Goths actually had a complex relationship with the Roman state, with as many of them serving as soldiers in the Roman army as fighting in tribal groups attacking Rome.
The first historical record of the Goths in the mid-300’s places them along the Roman frontier in the Balkans, though fictitious traditions tell of earlier sojourns in Scandinavia and what later became Poland. In the late 370’s, they attempted to settle within the borders of the Roman Empire and...
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