Filimer was an early
Gothic king, according to
Jordanes. He was the son of Gadareiks and the fifth generation since
Berig settled with his people in
Gothiscandza. When the Gothic nation had multiplied Filimer decided to move his people to
Scythia where they defeated the
Sarmatians. They then named their new territory
Oium, meaning "in the waterlands". This migration would have taken place about 230 years before Jordanes wrote his "
Origin of the Goths".