The Wielbark culture appears during the first half of the 1st century CE.

It replaced the Oksywie culture, in the area of modern-day Eastern Pomerania around the lower Vistula river, which is related to the Przeworsk culture.The Wielbark culture is associated with Jordanes' account of the Goths leaving Scandza (Scandinavia) and their settlement in Gothiscandza.