Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. A Clarification: The Three Meanings of “Migration Age” 13
6. Chapter 2. A Recipe on Trial: “The Germans Overthrow the Roman Empire” 23
7. Chapter 3. An Entrenched Myth of Origins: The Germans before Germany 40
8. Chapter 4. Jordanes's Getica and the Disputed Authenticity of Gothic Origins from Scandinavia 56
9. Chapter 5. The Great Rhine Crossing, A.D. 400-420, a Case of Barbarian Migration 73
10. Chapter 6. The “Techniques of Accommodation” Revisited 119
11. Chapter 7. None of Them Were Germans: Northern Barbarians in Late Antiquity 187
12. Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Long Simplification of Late Antiquity 230
13. Appendix 1: Alexander Demandt on the Role of the Germans in the End of the Roman Empire 241
14. Appendix 2: Chronicle Evidence for the Burgundian Settlement 253
15. Appendix 3: The Meaning of agri cum mancipiis in the Burgundian Kingdom 257
16. Abbreviations 263
17. Bibliography 347
18. Index 365