A 6thC oral legend of the Goths having once been enslaved in Britain, as reported by Jordanes http://people.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/texts/jordgeti.html …pic.twitter.com/cZO577UKcz
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more
Finally, Guy Halsall's suggestion that the British writer Gildas (c.500) had a Gothic name: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=k9Rjq8EnQ44C&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/abnXRlqF0t
Fwiw, Halsall is not first to note the difficulty over the name Gildas & its resemblance to the Mauretanian Gildo:https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q2U3i1X8B50C&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24#v=onepage&q&f=false …
@caitlinrgreen Dr Caitlin did u see the tweets a 9th century Muslim ring was found in sweden as well as a samanid time jar
@Umarkarim89 They're wonderful :)
@caitlinrgreen Yes amazing it is so beautiful and more evidence in support of your work :)
@caitlinrgreen Fascinating. Why was a wealthy East European Goth in (very) late Roman Gloucester? Retired soldier?
@Singapom Seems possible, or even a serving one? Interestingly, other finds of belts similar to his are known from Britain...
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.