KnowraJordanesLinked fromLinked fromThe 16 pages that link to Jordanes, each with the reason it gives.All 16Related 14Compared with 2Migration PeriodRelated: His account shaped later narratives about Gothic origins, though it blends history and legend.ProcopiusCompared with: His account of Gothic history offers a contemporary comparison with Procopius’s narrative.Battle of the Catalaunian PlainsRelated: His account is a major surviving narrative source, written about a century after the battle.AttilaRelated: His account is a major source for Attila’s campaigns, though written generations later.CassiodorusRelated: Jordanes drew on a Gothic history by Cassiodorus that is now lost.Gregory of ToursCompared with: Jordanes provides a near-contemporary comparison for writing post-Roman history.Slavic migrationsRelated: His account names the Antes, Sclaveni, and Venethi, groups central to debates about early Slavic identity.Slavic peoplesRelated: His account offers an early written reference to groups linked with Slavic history.TotilaRelated: Jordanes offers a Gothic-focused account of Totila and the kingdom’s final years.Battle of NaissusRelated: His later narrative preserves claims about the battle that cannot be independently confirmed.Battle of NedaoRelated: His account is the principal surviving narrative of the battle, written roughly a century later.Early SlavsRelated: His account offers a contemporary written reference to groups associated with early Slavs.Battle of AbritusRelated: His account is a key narrative source for the battle, though written centuries later.ErmanaricRelated: His account supplies a later narrative of Ermanaric’s power and death.Gothic paganismRelated: His account preserves traditions about Gothic gods, though it was written long after conversion.Johannes MagnusRelated: Magnus drew on earlier Gothic histories such as Jordanes’s when constructing Swedish antiquity.