What is Goths?
:''Goth can also stand for a member of the [[Goth subculture]]'' [[File:Roman Empire 125.svg|thumb|right|300px|The Roman empire under [[Hadrian]] (ruled 117-38) according to [[Tacitus|Tacitus's]] [[Germania (book)|Germania]] (written ca. AD 100) and [[Geographia (Ptolemy)|Ptolemy's]] [[Geographia]] (ca. AD 130). The map shows the location of the '''Gothones''' East Germanic group, who inhabited the east bank of the Visula ([[Vistula]]) river, Poland at the time]] [[File:KunsthistorischesGothicGold.jpg|thumb|250px|Gothic artifacts]] The '''Goths''' ([[Gothic language|Gothic]]: [[File:Gothic Letter Giba.svg|16px|g]][[File:Gothic Letter Urus.svg|16px|u]][[File:Gothic Letter Teiws.svg|16px|t]][[File:Gothic Letter Ahsa.svg|16px|a]][[File:Gothic Letter Nauths.svg|16px|n]][[File:Gothic Letter Sauil.svg|16px|s]]<!--�df32�df3f�df44�df30�df3d�df43-->, {{lang|got|Gutans}}) were an East Germanic tribe. They spoke the [[Gothic language]]. [[Jordanes]] was a scholar from the [[6th century]] who wrote a summary of a twelve volume work by [[Cassiodorus]] about the Goths. Jordanes work is commonly called [[Getica]]. The original work by Cassiodorius was lost, Getica is the only surviving contemporary account about the Goths. According to this book they left [[Scandinavia]] via [[Gotland]] and settled close to the mouth of the [[Vistula]] river (in present-day [[Poland]]). In the 3rd and 4th centuries they settled [[Scythia]], [[Dacia]] and parts of [[Moesia]] and [[Asia Minor]]. In the 3rd and 4th centuries, they fought with the [[Roman Empire]] and later adopted [[Arianism]] (a form of Christianity). In the 4th and 5th centuries, they split into the [[Visigoths]] and the [[Ostrogoths]]. With this move, they established powerful successor-states of the [[Roman Empire]] in [[Italy]] and on the [[Iberian peninsula]] (now [[Spain]] & [[Portugal]]). Traces of Gothic blood can be found in many people .<ref>Jordanes, ''Getica''.</ref> == References == <references /> {{History-stub}} [[Category:Germanic tribes]] [[Category:Ancient