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Most of the social institutions of the late Western Roman Empire were preserved during his rule. Theodoric called himself Gothorum Romanorumque rex 'King of the Goths and Romans', demonstrating his desire to be a leader for both peoples. Under Justinian I, the Byzantine Empire embarked on a campaign to reconquer Italy in 535.
Many Greuthungi entered the Roman Empire in 376 with Saphrax and Alatheus, and many of these Goths probably subsequently joined Alaric, contributing to the formation of the Visigothic kingdom. [28] As discussed above a group of Ostrogoths and Greuthungi were apparently also settled in Phrygia in the 380s by the Romans.
Theodoric (or Theoderic) the Great (454 – 30 August 526), also called Theodoric the Amal, [b] was king of the Ostrogoths (475–526), and ruler of the independent Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy between 493 and 526, [3] regent of the Visigoths (511–526), and a patrician of the Eastern Roman Empire.
To provide a buffer, the Ostrogoths, under their leader, Theodoric the Great, were settled as foederati (allies) of the empire in the western Balkans, but unrest continued. Zeno sent the Ostrogoths to Italy as the representatives of the empire to remove Odoacer. Theodoric and the Goths defeated Odoacer, and Italy came under Gothic rule.
Theodemir or Thiudimer was king of the Ostrogoths of the Amal Dynasty, and father of Theoderic the Great. [1] He had two brothers-in-law named Valamir and Videmir. [2] Theodemir was Arian, while his wife Erelieva was Catholic and took the Roman Christian name Eusebia upon her baptism. [3]
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This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.The specific problem is: The article uncritically repeats a lot of claims that have been much disputed or even refuted in postwar scholarship (refer to Heather 1991, Kulikowski 2006 for starters), such as the equivalence of the Greuthungi and the Ostrogoths and the claim that Ermanaric was an Amal -- note that Jordanes is a ...