 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pacho, kurwisa kwenguva nenguva kweScoti kunotaurwa nevanyori vanoverengeka veLatin vekupedzisira kwezana ramakore rechina uye kutanga kwezana ramakore rechishanu, kureva Pacatus, Ammianus Marcellinus, Claudian uye Chronica Gallica ya452. Zvinyorwa zviviri zveScoti zvichangobva kuzivikanwa muzvinyorwa zvechiGiriki se Σκόττοι, mumabasa aEpiphanius, Bhishopi weSalamis, achinyora muma370. Uchapupu huri muchidimbu hunoratidza kuwedzera kweScoti kupamba kubva kutanga kwema360s, ichipera mune inonzi barbarian conspiracy ya367368, uye ichienderera mberi kusvika uye kupfuura kupera kwekutonga kweRoma c. 410 kusangana. Nzvimbo uye kuwanda kwekurwiswa kwaScoti kunoramba kusingazivikanwi, sezvakaita mavambo uye kuzivikanwa kwevanhu veGaelic-mapoka avo vakabatanidzwa mukurwiswa uku. 