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>Tacitus' threefold division of the Germans - can be regarded as the main source for the identification of Slavs/Wends with the Vandals.
>The threefold name of the Slavs in the famous passage in Jordanes' Getica is explained by Krantz in the following way: The three Slavic groups - the Veneti, the Slavs and the Antes - were identical with the ancient Vandals. The existence of three different names was merely a consequence of the large number of these Slawo-Vandals and the many different places they inhabited. The name Slavs was the one used most regularly,...