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JordanesJordanes or Jordanis was a 6th century historian. Born in the lower Danube region, 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. 
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