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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (60391)	10/16/2014 12:54:34 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

The conversion of the Goths to Christianity was a relatively swift process, facilitated on the one hand by the assimilation of (primarily female) Christian captives into Gothic society [5] and on the other by a general equation of participation in Roman society with adherence to Christianity. [6] Within a few generations of their appearance on the borders of the Empire in 238 AD, the conversion of the Goths to Christianity was nearly all-inclusive. The Christian cross appeared on coins in Gothic Crimea shortly after the Edict of Tolerance was issued by Galerius in 311 AD, and a bishop by the name of Theophilas Gothiae was present at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. [4] However, fighting between Pagan and Christian Goths continued throughout this period, and religious persecutions - echoing the Diocletianic Persecution (302-11 AD) - occurred frequently. The Christian Goths Wereka, Batwin and others were martyred by order of Wingourichos ca. 370 AD, and Saba was martyred by order of Athanaric in c. 372 AD. The Goths converted to Christianity before they entered the empire. en.wikipedia.org

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (60391)	10/16/2014 1:40:54 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

The Goths were a germanic tribe, but that doesn't mean they originated in what is now Germany. That's just where they ended up after the migration (along with Spain and North Africa). At the beginning of the period , which roughly coincided with the change of Rome from republic to empire, they were reported living in what is now Kazakhstan. The current Germany was at that time peopled by Charudes, and Celts with Sammi to the north of them (or at least that's what DNA has been found, there are little to no historical records of that area at that time).