{"product_id":"jordanes-romana-and-getica-paperback","title":"Jordanes: Romana and Getica - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Van Nuffelen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLieve Van Hoof\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf Gothic descent, Jordanes wrote a unique set of histories. The \u003ci\u003eGetica \u003c\/i\u003enarrates the history of the Goths from their earliest origins until the middle of the sixth century. Building on the lost history of Cassiodorus, it is the earliest example of a history told from the perspective of one of the barbarian peoples establishing kingdoms in the fifth and sixth centuries. It had great influence on later medieval historians, on national histories of the nineteenth century and on modern accounts of Gothic history. The \u003ci\u003eRomana\u003c\/i\u003e is a survey of world and Roman history. Whilst largely dependent on traditional Roman histories and chronicles for events up to the fourth century, it contains much unique information for the last two centuries it narrates. This book offers the first translation into English of the \u003ci\u003eGetica\u003c\/i\u003e for a century and the first modern translation of the \u003ci\u003eRomana\u003c\/i\u003e. The introduction locates the \u003ci\u003eGetica\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eRomana\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of ancient historiography, building a new picture of Jordanes as a historian and of the two works themselves. It also offers a detailed discussion of the sources used by Jordanes, suggesting possible ways to identify his debt to Cassiodorus. Extensive notes guide the reader through these fascinating but often complex texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Van Nuffelen is Professor of Ancient History at Ghent University. His books include Orosius and the Rhetoric of History, Oxford University Press, 2012 and (with Lieve Van Hoof) The Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300620), Cambridge University Press, 2020, and (ed. with Lieve Van Hoof) Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris. An Inventory of Late Antique Historiography (A.D. 300800), Brepols, 2020.\u003cbr\u003eLieve Van Hoof is Professor of Ancient History and Classics at Ghent University. In addition to the books co-authored with Peter Van Nuffelen, her publications include Libanius: A Critical Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2014, and Plutarchs Practical Ethics: The Social Dynamics of Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52635748729139,"sku":"9781802078213","price":123.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/JS6rmaKDPs9781802078213.webp?v=1762264390","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/jordanes-romana-and-getica-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}