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1、THEORIGINANDDEEDSOFTHEGOTHStranslatedbyCharlesC.MierowIntroductoryNoteJordanes,ashehimselftellsusacoupleoftimes,wasofGothicdescentandwrotethisworkasasummaryofCassiodorus'muchlongertreatmentofthehistoryoftheGoths.BecauseCassiodorus'booknolongersurvives,Jordanes'treat

2、mentisoftenouronlysourceforsomeoftheGothichistoryitdescribes.HewrotetheGeticaduringthelaterstagesofthereignofJustinian,nottoolongafterthedemiseoftheOstrogothickingdominItaly.Jordanesdividedhiswork,apartfromthebriefintroductionandconclusion,intofourmainsections(refle

3、ctedinthecontentsbelow).Theseare1)aGeographicalIntroduction;2)theUnitedGoths;3)theVisigoths;4)andtheOstrogoths.Otherlargesections,suchasthediscussionoftheHuns,hetreatsasdigressionsofasort(themoreinterestingorimportantofthesehavebeenaddedtothecontentsbelow).Mierowpre

4、faceshistranslationwithadetailedliteraryanalysisofallthetopicsinthetext;thisisnot,however,reproducedhere.ThetextofthetranslationpresentedherewasscannedfromaprintedcopyofMierow'sbookandcheckedcarefullyforerrors(afewmisprintsinthatbookhavebeencorrectedaswell).Thishype

5、rtextversionhasbeendesignedfortheuseofstudentsofAncientHistoryattheUniversityofCalgary.Ihaveincludedthe(Roman)chapterand(arabic)sectionnumberstofacilitatespecificcitation(ortofindaspecificreference;thesenumbersmaybefoundinMierow'stranslationaswell,thoughthesectionnu

6、mbersareinhismargins)andhaveaddedinternallinksforpurposesofnavigation.J.Vanderspoel,DepartmentofGreek,LatinandAncientHistory,UniversityofCalgaryContentsPrefaceGeographicalIntroductionTheUnitedGothsTheGothsintheThirdCenturyA.D.OriginoftheHunsTheDividedGoths(Visigoths

7、)AttilatheHun;TheBattleoftheCatalaunianFieldsTheDividedGoths(Ostrogoths)ConclusionGotoChapterIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIXIIXIIIXIVXVXVIXVIIXVIIIXIXXXXXIXXIIXXIIIXXIVXXVXXVIXXVIIXXVIIIXXIXXXXXXXIXXXIIXXXIIIXXXIVXXXVXXXVIXXXVIIXXXVIIIXXXIXXLXLIXLIIXLIIIXLIVXLVXLVIXLVIIXLV

8、IIIXLIXLLILIILIIILIVLVLVILVIILVIIILIXLX(Preface)1THEORIGINANDDEEDSOFTHEGOTHS(1)Thoughithadbeenmywishtoglideinmylittleboatbytheshoreofapeac