Some of us have always believed, for example, that the Goths of ancient times were brutal conquerors, famous among the marauders of history. This is the earliest truth we learn from The Goths: Lost Civilizations (Reaktion Books), an expertly made book by David M. Gwynn of the University of London. The original Goths came from their semi-mythical homeland of Scandza in the land circling the northern coast of the Black Sea. In the summer of CE376, two Germanic tribes, the Tervingi and Greuthungi Goths, descended upon the Danube river frontier of the Roman empire. That led to the decline and fall of the western Roman empire and the domination of Europe in the early medieval period by the Goths.

Source: National Post February 20, 2018 18:00 UTC