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The name is said to stem from the Gothic Bairika, which translates as " Little Bear ".

A Danish historian, Arne Søby has nonetheless proposed that Cassiodorus, who wrote the original text on which Jordanes ' work is based, invented him, with inspiration from the name of Βέρικος ( Berikos or Verica ).

Recent archaeological research demonstrates that the transition of Oksywie culture into Wielbark culture was peaceful.

Its timing coincides with the appearance of new population of Scandinavian origins in previously uninhabited area (" no man's land ") between the Oksywie and Przeworsk culture areas.