- Germanic people
- Originally based in Ukraine, Moldova, Romania
- Associated with Chernyakhov culture
- Pushed westward by Alans and Huns
- Raids on the Roman Empire
- Battle of Abritus (251 AD)
- Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD
- Multiple Gothic Wars
- Visigoths and Alaric I sacked Rome in 410 AD
- Ostrogothic Kingdom formed in 493 AD
- Crimean Goths remained around the Black Sea