Jordanis

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Jordanis was a 6th-century Roman bureaucrat and historian best known for his work "Getica," a key source on the history of the Goths.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jordanis canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Late Antique writer ⓘ
Roman bureaucrat ⓘ
historian ⓘ
historical work ⓘ
approximateDateOfBirth early 6th century ⓘ
approximateDateOfDeath after 551 ⓘ
author Jordanis ⓘ
Jordanis ⓘ
authorOf De origine actibusque Getarum ⓘ
linked to: Getica of Jordanes

Getica ⓘ
Romana ⓘ
citizenship Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
dateOfComposition 551 ⓘ
ethnicBackground possibly Gothic ⓘ
fieldOfWork Gothic history ⓘ
Roman history ⓘ
floruit 6th century ⓘ
genre historiography ⓘ
historicalEra Late Antiquity ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed Gothic history up to the 6th century ⓘ
influencedBy Cassiodorus ⓘ
knownFor Getica ⓘ
Romana ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
notableWork De origine actibusque Getarum ⓘ
linked to: Getica of Jordanes

Getica ⓘ
Romana ⓘ
occupation bureaucrat ⓘ
historian ⓘ
notary ⓘ
primarySourceFor history of the Goths ⓘ
migration-period Gothic history ⓘ
regionOfActivity Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
religion Christianity ⓘ
subject history of the Goths ⓘ
usedSources Cassiodorus' Gothic history ⓘ
classical Roman historians ⓘ
workLocation Constantinople ⓘ
wroteAbout Goths ⓘ
Huns ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
barbarian peoples of Late Antiquity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jordanes → alternativeName → Jordanis ⓘ
Getica → author → Jordanis ⓘ
subject linked to: Jordanis
Romana → author → Jordanis ⓘ
subject linked to: Jordanis