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1、Jordanes1JordanesJordanes,alsowrittenJordanisor,uncommonly,Jornandes,[1]wasa6thcenturyRomanbureaucrat,[2]whoturnedhishandtohistorylaterinlife.WhilehealsowroteRomanaaboutthehistoryofRome,hisbest-knownworkishisGetica,writteninConstantinople[3]aboutAD551.[4]Itis
2、theonlyextantclassicalworkdealingwiththeearlyhistoryoftheGoths.MediterraneanworldasJordaneswrotehisGetica.TheByzantineEmpire,capitalConstantinople,isshowninJordaneswasaskedbyafriendtowritethisbookasasummaryofpink.ConquestsofJustinianshowningreen.amulti-volume
3、historyoftheGoths(nowlost)bythestatesmanCassiodorus.Hewasselectedforhisknowninterestinhistory(hewasworkingonRome's),hisabilitytowritesuccinctly,andbecauseofhisownGothicbackground.Hehadbeenahigh-levelnotarius,orsecretary,ofasmallclientstateontheRomanfrontierin
4、Moesia,modernnorthernBulgaria.[5]Otherwriters,e.g.Procopius,wroteworkswhichareextantonthelaterhistoryoftheGoths.AstheonlysurvivingworkonGothicorigins,theGeticahasbeentheobjectofmuchcriticalreview.JordaneswroteinLateLatinratherthantheclassicalCiceronianLatin.A
5、ccordingtohisownintroduction,heonlyhadthreedaystoreviewwhatCassiodorushadwritten,meaningthathemustalsohavereliedonhisownknowledge.Someofhisstatementsarelaconic.ChristensenA.S.,TroyaC.andKulikowskiM.(seereferencelist),demonstratedintheirworksthatJordanesdevelo
6、pedinGeticathehistoryofGeticandDacianpeoplesmixedwithalotoffantasticdeeds.ThisshowsGothsrealnamewasGetae.Jordanes2LifeJordaneswritesabouthimselfalmostinpassing:[6][7]TheSciri,moreover,andtheSadagariiandcertainoftheAlaniwiththeirleader,Candacbyname,receivedScy
7、thiaMinorandLowerMoesia.Paria,thefatherofmyfatherAlanoviiamuth(thatistosay,mygrandfather),wassecretarytothisCandacaslongashelived.Tohissister'ssonGunthigis,alsocalledBaza,theMasteroftheSoldiery,whowasthesonofAndagthesonofAndela,whowasdescendedfromthestockofth
8、eAmali,Ialso,Jordanes,althoughanunlearnedmanbeforemyconversion,wassecretary.AlreadyintheMommsentexteditionof1882itwassuggestedthattheverylongnameofJordanes'fathershouldbesplitintotwoparts