Become a Patron! Ancient Sources: Tacitus: Germania (Thomas Gordon translation) The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus (J. C. Rolfe translation) Sozomen’s Ecclesiastical History (Chester D. Hartranft translation) The Secret History of Procopius (H.B. Dewing translation) Jordanes: the Origins and Deeds of the Goths (Charles C. Mierow translation) Zosimus: A New History Pliny the Elder: Natural History (John Bostock translation) Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise (Christopher Tolkien translation) Widsith The Battle of the Goths and the Huns (Christopher Tolkien translation) Waltharius Modern Sources: The So Called Dark Ages: King of the Goths: Quilette, Herbert Bushman Herwig Wolfram: History of the Goths Peter Heather: The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians Peter Heather: The Goths Peter Bugoki: The Barbarians: Lost Civilizations Simon MacDowall: The Goths: Conquerors of the Roman Empire Open Access Journal: Empire in Crisis: Gothic Invasions and Roman Historiography Guy Halsall: Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West Douglas Boin: Alaric the Goth: An Outsider’s History of the Fall of Rome The Middle Ages.net: Theodoric the Great Brittanica.com: Amalasuintha The Project Gutenberg eBook of Theodoric the Goth: Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Cassiodorus and the Rise … Continue reading How an Empire Ends: Germanic Heroic Legend (The Show Notes)