What is "oium"

Oium or Aujum was a name for an area in Scythia, where arguably the Goths under their king Filimer settled after leaving Gothiscandza, according to the Getica by Jordanes, written around 551. Jordanes does not give the etymology, but many scholars interpret this word as a dative plural to the widespread Germanic words *aujō- or *auwō- and means "well-watered meadow" or "island".

According to some historians, Jordanes' account of the Goths' history in Oium was constructed from his reading of earlier classical accounts and from oral tradition. According to other historians, Jordanes' narrative has little relation to Cassiodorus,' no relation to oral traditions, and little relation to actual history.

Archaeologically, the Chernyakhov culture also named Sântana de Mureș contained parts of Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania corresponds with Gothic Scythia.