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When the Austrian historian (born 1934) published History of the Goths in German (1979), he changed early medieval studies forever. Rejecting the old idea of the Goths as a single, primordial “nation” migrating from Scandinavia, Wolfram argued instead for ethnogenesis — the idea that Gothic identity emerged gradually on the Roman frontier through a mix of remnants, refugees, and Roman military recruits.

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Wolfram did not simply write a narrative of battles and kings; he revolutionized the way historians think about the Goths. History of the Goths (German: Geschichte der Goten ) was first published in 1979 and has since been translated into multiple languages and published in several completely revised editions. The work masterfully places the story of the Goths not as one of a "pure" Germanic people invading a decadent Roman Empire, but as an integral part of the late Roman world. As the book's description notes, Wolfram demonstrates that "the barbarian world of the Goths was both a creation of and an essential element of the late Roman Empire".

: He posits that the Goths were as much a product of the Roman Empire as they were its destroyers, emerging through interactions with Roman institutions and military service.

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