Ostrogothic Kingdom

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The Ostrogothic Kingdom at its greatest extent

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Ostrogothic Kingdom

  1. (historical) A kingdom (493—553 CE), founded by Theodoric the Great, corresponding to present-day Italy (including Sicily but not Sardinia) and neighbouring areas.
    • 1928, J. B. Bury, The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians, Jovian Press, published 2016, unnumbered page:
      Theodoric died in 526, and within ten years from his death the struggle began which ended in the destruction of his work, the overthrow of the Ostrogothic kingdom.
    • 1984, Thomas S. Burns, A History of the Ostrogoths, Indiana University Press, 1991, Midland Books, page 202,
      Indeed, the success of his government, and that of the Ostrogothic Kingdom as a whole depended upon the fair-minded juxtaposition of personnel and functions into an overlapping system.
    • 1991, D. A. Bullough, Carolingian Renewal: Sources and heritage, Manchester University Press, page 68:
      The Ostrogothic kingdom under Theodoric is unique for its creation and deployment of royal imagines in ways closely comparable with the practice and purpose of the contemporary Empire; but culturally Ostrogothic Italy was still an Imperial province.

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