Populus в Getica Иордана
Populus in the Getica of Jordanes

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is an analysis of the use of the word populus in the Getica of Jordanes as a part of the ethnic identity term system in this text, as well as in terms of possible political connotations of this concept associated with the republican ideas of the Roman past. The results of this analysis imply that Jordanes is familiar with the traditional republican formulas including the word populus. He creatively modifies them for his own purposes. We discovered that there are clear political and volitional connotations of this concept in the Getica. On account of this looking at the Jordanian narrative through the lens of will and agency seems quite fruitful.

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