From the publisher . This edition is the result of work on the work of the historian VI in . Jordan, which in the scientific literature is called "Getica" . "Getica" - one of the largest works of the era of the early European Middle Ages. Jordan dedicated his history to the Goths, showing their destinies from the time they left Scandinavia and landed near the mouths of the Vistula; then he described their advance to the Black Sea, and then west, up to the borders of Italy and Spain. The history of the ready, formed in V in . [ ) State of Visigoths (Vesegots) and Ostrogotes (Ostrotos), brought by the author to his days. He completed his work in 551 g. The significance of Getica as an important historical source is determined by the fact that Jordan, developing the main theme, surrounded it with many messages from the history of the entire era as a whole. Thus, not being a talented writer at all, he nevertheless managed to present in his presentation a grandiose picture of the “resettlement of peoples” in the IV-VI centuries .. He described the movement of tribes from the east and north and their struggle with the empire on its Danube borders, in its Balkan and western provinces. He gave some not only valuable, but unique descriptions and provided essential details of certain historical events. He showed the formation of the early barbarian states; He gave the opportunity to catch the features of the relationship between aliens-barbarians and weakening Rome. In addition, Jordan cited information from the history of the Northern Black Sea coast and precious, albeit scanty evidence about the oldest Slavs on the Vistula, on the Dnieper, on the Dniester, on the Danube. Introductory article, translation, comment E. H. Skrzhinskaya