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But the rest were called Visigoths, that is, the Goths of the western country. (XIV 82) Jordanes reported that Ostrogotha crossed the Danube during the reign of Philip the Arab and invaded the provinces of Moesia and Thrace. The later emperor Decius could not defeat him either, whereupon Ostrogotha again raided Roman territory.
Only the longer version contains the Laus Spaniae and the Laus Gothorum, a eulogy of the Goths, which divides the Goths' history (to the reign of Suinthila) from that of the Vandals. The edition of the longer version by Theodor Mommsen is the standard [ 2 ] and was the basis of the first English translation. [ 3 ]
Cniva (fl. mid-3rd century AD) was a Gothic king who invaded the Roman Empire. He successfully captured the city of Philippopolis ( Plovdiv in Bulgaria) in 250 and killed Emperor Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus at the Battle of Abritus as he was attempting to leave the Empire in 251.
This same year, the first Missouri constitution was adopted. The following year, 1821, Missouri was admitted as the 24th state, with the state capital temporarily located in Saint Charles until a permanent capital could be built. Missouri was the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River to be admitted to the Union
The Society engages in a number of outreach programs to bring Missouri's history to the public. Such programs are the Missouri History in Performance theatre, the Missouri History Speakers' Bureau, and the Missouri Conference on History. The collection of the Society, concerning pamphlets, books, and state publications, is over 460,000 items.
The Missouri Historical Review is an academic journal of history established 1906, published by the State Historical Society of Missouri and concerning the history and history related topics of the State of Missouri. It also published reviews of books on or relating to Missouri history. [1]
The state attorney general’s office is so zealous that it told the state Supreme Court one wrongly convicted man should be put to death even despite evidence that he’s innocent. Missouri has a ...
The evidence from Jordanes suggests that he was not quoted for historical details concerning the Goths: the three fragments indicate the writer's interest in ethnographic details, such as the origins and names of barbarian tribes, and Goths, in the region of Scythia. [1]