Chernyakhov culture (Gothic Oium)

Chernyakhov culture (Gothic Oium) appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Russia and the Steppe (Europe) from c. 230 to 375 CE, a span of 145 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

The farming culture of Ukraine and Moldova under Gothic rule, home to the Greuthungi and Tervingi alongside Sarmatians and Slavs. The Hunnic onslaught around 375 ended it.

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Facts

Dates

c. 230 to 375 CE

Duration

145 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Russia and the Steppe, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Came from

• Wielbark culture c. 1 to 400 CE

Became

• Visigoths in the Balkans 376 to 418 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 313 Edict of Milan
• 330 Constantinople dedicated

Neighbours in Europe

• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Roman Britain 43 to 410 CE
• San Marino c. 301 CE to the present
• Bosporan Kingdom c. 480 BCE to 370 CE
• Roman Macedonia and Achaea 146 BCE to 395 CE
• Roman Dacia 106 to 275 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Gupta Empire c. 320 to 550 CE, South Asia

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