Jordanes

Jordanes

Jordanes (; Greek: Ιορδάνης), also written as Jordanis or Jornandes, was a 6th-century Eastern Roman bureaucrat, widely believed to be of Gothic descent, who became a historian later in life. He wrote two works, one on Roman history (Romana) and the other on the Goths (Getica). The latter, along with Isidore of Seville's Historia Gothorum, is one of only two extant ancient works dealing with the early history of the Goths. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jordanes has received more than 412,506 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Jordanes is the 267th most popular writer (up from 277th in 2019).

Jordanes is most famous for his book "Getica" which is a history of the Goths.