The next reference to the Gothograeci is of little historical value except as an attestation of the existence of a people of this name. In the early 10th century, Arethas of Caesarea wrote a commentary on the Book of Revelation in which he identifies Gog and Magog with the Scythian peoples, who are constantly warring among themselves and fleeing for refuge to the Roman Empire. He seeks to identify various places and peoples within the empire as the product of Scythian refugees, among them Scythopolis in Palestine, a division of Goths that settled in Asia and their military formation, the Thaifali and the Gothograeci. The last two groups, he says, are also called Huns. Arethas distinguishes between the Goths and the Gothograeci, but since he is collecting references from literary sources it is not clear what significance should be attached to this. The reference to the Taifals, some of whom were settled in Phrygia late in the 4th century, led Gustav Anrich to suggest that they were the original Gothograeci.
