Roxolani and Iaziges

[Alanus]

I know this thread about roxolani and iazyges but I know little about goths but did Jordanes have an Alan father?

I don't know the answer, Michael. Maybe someone else can help.
Jordanes was an interesting guy; and if it weren't for his copying Cassiodorus, we'd know less about the Greutungi. We can safely posit Safrax (Saphrax) with an Alanic father, if not mother also, because he led Alans while Alatheus led Greutungi. (In Forging the Blade, I presented Safrax as an Alan.) ;-)

But they were military men. With Jordanes as a writer, we must really speculate. He was given bad marks by Michael Kulikowski. I saw interviews of Kulikowski in the Gothic portions of The Barbarians (History Channel docu). He looked to be about 35 years. When you're 35 years old, you have no right to criticize someone who is 500 years old. :x