Gotland in the context of the Varange legend of the Tale of Bygone years

Gotland is considered in many works as an important geographical point the context of ‟Varangian legend” Tale Bygone Years. The obscurity general ethnic and attribution Varangians, with more obvious linking corresponding chronicle plots to island Baltic Sea, concentration on this evidence its role international trade Viking Age, finds Gotlandic artifacts Eastern Europe make one see Gotland, if not home, then significant stronghold Varangians. However, origin most enigmatic group, perhaps, connected other regions rooted history late Roman Empire nomadic states Danube that arose ruins. Finds coins, artifacts, traditions art fortification, toponymy data show groups migrated largely adopted cultural symbols Empire. This fact compared genetic showing migrants could differ from indigenous Gutnish population island.