Literary Analysis
[The Arabic numbers, printed in the Literary Analysis below and in the margin of the English version, correspond to the Arabic numbers which mark the sections in Mommsen's text.]
Preface 1-3 | |||
I | Geographical Introduction 4-24 | ||
Ocean 4-5 | |||
: The Eastern Islands 6 | |||
: The Western Islands 7-24 | |||
:: Lesser Islands 7-8 | |||
:: Britain 10-15 | |||
:: Scandza 9, 16-24 | |||
II | The United Goths 25-130 | ||
1. | Migration of the Goths under their first king, Berig, from Scandza to Gothiscandza and thence to the land of the Ulmerugi 25-26 | ||
Migration to Scythia under Filimer 27-29 | |||
: [Description of Scythia 30-37] | |||
The three successive abodes of the Goths 38-42 | |||
: In Scythia near Lake Maeotis. | |||
: In Moesia, Thrace and Dacia. | |||
: In Scythia again, above the Sea of Pontus. | |||
:: [Their archery and heroes 43] | |||
2. | The Goths in Scythia, near Lake Maeotis 44-57 | ||
: Exploits of King Tanausis 44-48 |
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