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DAS GOTENREICH - VON DEN ANFÄNGEN BIS ZUM NIEDERGANG

Dieser Band bietet eine kompakte, informative und anregende Darstellung der Goten und ihrer Geschichte. Er vermittelt knapp und prägnant den Wissensstand über die Ursprünge dieses sagenumwobenen Volkes, seine bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten, seine Lebensformen und Kultur, sein Ausgreifen in das römische Reich und nach Nordafrika; er schließt mit dem Ende des spanischen Gotenreichs im 8. Jahrhundert n. Chr.

Incorporating exciting new material that has come to light since the last German edition of 1980, Herwig Wolfram places Gothic history within its proper context of late Roman society and institutions. He demonstrates that the barbarian world of the Goths was both a creation of and an essential element of the late Roman Empire.

The names of early Germanic warrior tribes and leaders resound in songs and legends; the real story of the part they played in reshaping the ancient world is no less gripping. Herwig Wolfram's panoramic history spans the great migrations of the Germanic peoples and the rise and fall of their kingdoms between the third and eighth centuries, as they invaded, settled in, and ultimately transformed the Roman Empire.
As Germanic military kings and their fighting bands created kingdoms, and won political and military recognition from imperial governments through alternating confrontation and...