"Birth of the Stormers of Rome - On the Gothic..." Topic

…ethnogeneses and migrations.

"The Goths lived and fought in most parts of the European continent. From the dense frosty forests of Scandinavia and contemporary Poland, and the frigid Baltic Sea, to the warm civilized countries of Greece, Italy and the Mediterranean, and from the vast grasslands of Ukraine and the Black Sea to the Iberian Atlantic coast, their martial migration course is a truly unparalleled feat. Their Vandal brothers managed to colonize North Africa, while other Gothic branches settled in Britain (Jutes) and Asia Minor. The History of the Goths is one of the most exciting in general World History, while their admirable martial art brought the Dawn of Chivalry in Europe.

The modern theories on the ethnogenesis of the Goths are divided. The best known view (supported mainly by modern Teutonic historians and scholars) considers them of pure Germanic origins, originating from Gotland ("Land of the Goths"), i.e. modern South-Central Sweden and the adjacent long island of the same name. This view is supported by a number of medieval sources. However, there is also the theory (supported mainly by modern Slav historians and scholars) that the Goths and the Vandals were indigenous non-Germanic peoples of modern Poland, who adopted their Germanic language from a Teutonic ethnic element sparsely settled in their area…"

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