These Lombards now included Suevi, Heruli, Gepids, Bavarians, Bulgars, Avars, Saxons, Goths, and Thuringians. Gothic is an extinct East Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. This culture is usually ascribed to the Goths, Rugii and other Germanic peoples. In 469, the Visigoths were called the "Alaric Goths". The relationship between the language of the Crimean Goths and Ulfilas's Gothic is less clear. Examples include the late Roman era Goths, or the early medieval Norse-speaking Vikings in Scandinavia. There followed the invasions of the Goths and Vandals. Relatively amicable relations between Goths and Romans also make Theodoric's kingdom notable. Modern historians also propose connections with Goths, Huns or the Thuringii. Many travelers visited Crimea and wrote about the Goths. Almost no signs of the Crimean Goths exist today. The byzantine Emperor expelled the Eastern Goths (Ostrogoths). The Carpi found themselves squeezed between the advancing Goths and the Roman province of Dacia. A people closely related to the Goths, the Gepids, were also living under Hunnic domination. It was Justinian's intention to recover Italy and Rome from the Goths.