Gothic onomastics in the Crimea

What is it about?

This paper reopens the question of possible onomastic relics of the Crimean Goths preserved in Byzantine epigraphy of the peninsula. Along with revisiting earlier scholarship, the authors present and discuss several personal names of likely Gothic origin spanning the time from the 4th to the 15th century C.E., and attempt to outline a series of conclusions based on their typology, location, date, and the social position of their bearers in Byzantine Taurica.

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