Barbarian tides: the migration age and the later Roman Empire

Abstract

Preface Introduction 1 A Clarification: Three Meanings of Age 2 A Recipe on Trial: The Germans Overthrow the Roman 3 An Entrenched Myth of Origins: Germans before Germany 4 Jordanes's Getica and the Disputed Authenticity of Gothic Origins from Scandinavia 5 Great Rhine Crossing, a.d. 400-420, a Case of Barbarian Migration 6 Techniques of Accommodation Revisited 7 None of Them Were Germans: Northern Barbarians in Late Antiquity 8 Conclusion: Long Simplification of Late Antiquity Appendices 1. Alexander Demandt on the Role of the Germans in the End of the Roman Empire 2. Chronicle Evidence for the Burgundian Settlement 3. Meaning of agri cum mancipiis in the Burgundian Kingdom List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index