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[1]

According to the six century Gothic historian Jordanes, the Goths came
from Sweden across the Baltic Sea to the basin of the Wisa (Vistula) river. By the
3rd century CE they had migrated as far south as the lower Danube. According to their
folklore the Goths once lived far north on the shores and islands of what is
now Sweden. After long, slow wanderings through the forests of western Russia, the
Goths reached the shores of the Black Sea. For a time the Goths ruled a great
kingdom north of the Danuberiver. When in CE 375 the Huns swept
into Europe from Asia, the Ostrogoths or East Goths were conquered and the
Visigoths (the good Goths or noble Goths) had to seek refuge across
the Danube within the boundaries of the Roman Empire. In 395 the Visigoths rose in
rebellion and overran a large part of the Roman Empire. In 410 Romeitself fell into the
hands of the Visigoths. The detailed history of the fights between Ostrogoths and
Visigoths and their conquer of the Roman Empire can be found at http://historyworld.org/goths.htm.

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