[gothic-l] History of the Goth

[rikeckhart]

To understand the history and religion of the Goth it is good to read
the next sources:
- Herodotos History ch. 4:93 on Zalmoxis (8th century BC)
- Skeireins (in Wulfila-project)one of Wulfila's pupils
- Auxentius (a defender of Wulfila's anti-dogmatic theology)

Katholic source's (of minor importance)are:
- Socrates
- Sozomen

If I'm right the Gothic history starts in the 8th century BC
(according to Herodotos. They where defeded by the Persian king
Darius I and later on by Alexander the Great. After this defeat the
joined Alexanders army to conquer the Persians.

The Goth were Christians in a very early stage (long before the
begining of the 4the centuriy. They were represented at the concile
of Nicea (325). They were called Arianists by the Katholics who did
not understand there philosophical point of view.

There were good relations between Byzantium and the Goth, allthough
not allways. Emperor Valens conquered the Goth in the 3th century and
lost the battle, which proves that the Goth concisted of a uge and
well trained army.

In the 4th century the Christian Goth conquer pagan Italy and try to
work together with the Katholics and Romans. See: Jordanes "Origins
and deeds of the Goth".

In the 5th century the Christian Emperor of Constantinople Julianus,
with help of the Goth (called Bulgarians in Diaconus) conquers
Pagan/Katholic Rome and burns in down to the ground and starts a new
Western, Christian empire in Ravenna.

After this revolutions Europe has one religion ('Katholic"), one
Bible and one Law (modernized Roman Law).

This is in short Gothic history.

Rik Eckhart.




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