since around 500bc and before 500 ad pomerania was dominated by east germanic tribes including several tribes of goths, who according to archeological evidence and their own tradition have come from scandinavia. goths and rugians are recorded by roman historians in the areas of pomerania in 98 ad. the veneti, non-germanic tribe, which later assimilated with slavs, are recorded by ptolemy and pliny the elder around vistula in first century ad. by the 7th century slavic tribes (wends) such as the pomeranians settled the area.