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Encyclopedia > Gothiscandza

Gothiscandza was according to the 6th century Goth scholar Jordanes, the first settlement of the Goths after their migration from Scandinavia (Scandza).


Gothiscandza was located at the mouth of the Vistula, and they left it when they migrated to the steppes of the Ukraine.


There is considerable archaeological evidence of Scandinavian influence in the area during the Nordic Bronze Age and the Pre-Roman Iron Age.


In Scandinavian sources, the territory is called Reidgotaland, a name that followed the Goths during their migrations in the Norse sagas.


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Gothiscandza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (654 words)
The dark pink area is Gotland and the green area is the traditional extent of Götaland
After some time, when at least four generations of kings had passed after Berig, and Filimer was the king of the Goths, their numbers had multiplied.
In the 1st century AD, the mouth of the Vistula was indicated as the land of the Gutones (Pliny the Elder) or Gothones (Tacitus):
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