Goth: Quick Facts

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Sep. 17, 2026

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Historical map showing the migrations and kingdoms of the Goths during the 5th and 6th centuries AD in Europe. The map uses color shading to distinguish the Ostrogothic and Visigothic kingdoms at different points in time, with arrows marking the migration routes of each group. Key cities such as Milan, Rome, Toulouse, Cartagena, and Toledo are labeled, as well as significant migration dates and the site of the Battle of Vouille in 507.

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Key People

Ulfilas teaching Christianity to the Goths, early 20th-century illustration.

Ulfilas

bishop of the Goths

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Jordanes

Gothic historian

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Publius Herennius Dexippus

Roman historian