biography
pronunciation:
[jaw(r)dahneez]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (fl.6th-c)
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| biography:
| Gothic monk and historian. His chief work was a history of the Goths, De origine actibusque Getarum (c.551, On the Origins and Deeds of the Getae), condensed from a lost book by Cassiodorus. It is important as a contemporary source on both the Goths and the Huns. |
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