Scandza was described as a "great island" by Gothic-Byzantine historian Jordanes in his work Getica. The island was located in the Arctic regions of the...

in the Getica of Jordanes, as the king of the Ranii on the "island" of Scandza (what Jordanes called Scandinavia), who left his kingdom near the Danes...

was the first settlement area of the Goths after their migration from Scandza during the first half of the 1st century CE. He claimed that the name was...

Mela, Tacitus, Ptolemy, Procopius and Jordanes, usually in the form of Scandza. It is believed that the name used by Pliny may be of West Germanic origin...

century, Jordanes writes of the Gautigoths and Ostrogoths (the Ostrogoths of Scandza); and Procopius refers to Gautoi. The Norse Sagas know them as Gautar;...

Germanic languages. In the sixth century, Jordanes names two tribes living in Scandza, both of which are now considered to be synonymous with the Swedes: the...

digression about the large northern island in the Baltic Sea known as "Scandza" to Jordanes. He is understood by modern scholars to have intended the...

(Dania) and Sweden (Suecia)), and had moved from there to the island of Scandza. One of Rollo's great-grandsons and a contemporary of Dudo was known as...

Beowulf tribes and locations. See also Scandza for Scandinavia's political fragmentation in the 6th century....

Jordanes. According to Jordanes, Berig led his people on three ships from Scandza (Scandinavia) to Gothiscandza (the Vistula Basin). They settled and then...