Washington County News | 1924-11-27 | Page 6 | Goths a Divided Race

Goths a Divided Race The Goths were a warlike ract which at one time Inhabited the country coun-try In the vicinity of the Baltic, and afterward moved toward the Black sea and the lower Danube where, abouf 250 B. C, it divided Into two branches. Those that remained in the eastern part of the Roman empire were termed western (Visi) Golhs, says the Kansas City Times. The Ostrogoths, after ravaging rav-aging eastern Europe, established under un-der Theodoric a kingdom In Italy which lasted from 493 to 1)5-1 A. I)., when the country was recovered by Narses and annexed to the eastern empire. The Visigoths, after various successes against the Romans, sacked Home under Alarlc In 410. They afterward af-terward settled in Spain and founded a kingdom that lasted until that country coun-try was conquered by the Suraceus.