Jordanes or
Jordanis was a
6th century historian. He was an
Ostrogoth and was a notary of
Gothic kings in
Italy. At the time of
Justinian, he was a
Christian and possibly
bishop of
Croton. In approximately
580, he wrote "
De origine actibusque Getarum[?]" (
The origin and deeds of the Goths), "De breviatione chronicorum" and "De regnorum et temporum successione" and many more.