Barbarian Tides: The Migration Age and the Later Roman Empire

Contents

Contents Preface ix Introduction 1 1 A Clarification: The Three Meanings of"Migration Age" 13 2 A Recipe on Trial: "The Germans Overthrow the Roman Empire" 23 3 An Entrenched Myth of Origins: The Germans before Germany 40 4 Iordanes's Geticaand the Disputed Authenticity of Gothic Origins from Scandinavia 56 5 The Great Rhine Crossing, A.D. 400-420, a Case of Barbarian Migration 73 6 The "Techniques ofAccommodation" Revisited 119 7 None of Them Were Germans: Northern Barbarians in Late Antiquity 187 8 Conclusion: The Long Simplification of Late Antiquity Appendices 1. Alexander Demandt on the Role of the Germans in the End of the Roman Empire 241 230 2. Chronicle Evidence for the Burgundian Settlement 253 vtu Contents 3. The Meaning of agri cum mancipiis in the Burgundian Kingdom 257 List ofAbbreviations 263 Notes 267 Bibliography 347 Index 365 ...