The Dacians: Rome\'s Greatest Enemy?

[diegis]

Goths = Getae = Dacians = Not Germanic.

Sorry, but that's incorrect, as has been shown here so many times already. This 'denetification' only rests on the names used by ancient authors, who often used older names for later peoples: The Huns were named 'Scythians', and medieval armies from Western Europe were still styled 'Celts'. Should we take those identifications literally too? Of course not. Goths aren't Getae (let alone Dacians).
Alaric styled himself 'Rex Gothorum', not 'Rex Getae'.
The Goth language is undeniably Germanic and not Dacian.

No, it rest on archaeology too. The majority of artefacts found in Santana de Mures/Cerneahov culture (the Goths culture) is of Dacian origin. This was presented many times as well
After Radagaisus invasion of Italy, on Honorius or Stilicho Arch of triumph are mentioned Getarum, not Gothorum.
Getae and Dacians are the same (is like Alemani and Franks, they are both Germans)
The so called Gothic language is know mostly from Codex Argenteus, but I doubt that Codex is a Gothic one, but probably it belonged to Longobards, so there is Longobard language. Goths back then was already Romanized and used Latin. Is interesting as well how that Codex shows up first time in a monastery in Germanic areas, soon after Luther split from Vatican/Roman church. Interesting indeed

Either way Goths wasnt for sure a homogenous people, but a mix of people. And more then sure they didnt migrated from Scandza either, nor wandered some 2 mileniums until arrived at Danube. Majority of modern historians reject now that tale of Jordanes