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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.
However, starting in 508, Theodoric's generals campaigned in Gaul, and were successful in saving Septimania for the Visigoths, as well as extending Ostrogothic rule into southern Gaul at the expense of the Burgundians. There in 510 Theodoric reestablished the defunct praetorian prefecture of Gaul.
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]
From 508 to 511 under Theodoric's command, the Ostrogoths marched on Gaul as the Vandal king of Carthage and Clovis made concerted efforts to weaken his hold on the Visigoths. [69] On the death of Theodoric in 526, the eastern and western Goths were once again divided.
Theodoric's legacy on Ravenna remains to this day in the buildings he constructed and the improvements that he made to the city. Under Theodoric Ravenna became a center of education and culture, and anyone who wished an audience with Theodoric, had to travel to Ravenna to do so. [26]
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 ...
Finally, there was an early Anglo-Saxon king of Bernicia called Theodric (also spelled Deoric, Old English Þēodrīc). Theodoric I (died 451), king of the Visigoths; Theodoric II (died 466), king of the Visigoths; Theoderic the Great (454–526), ruler of the Ostrogoths, Italy, and the Visigoths; Theodoric Strabo (died 481) Theuderic I (died c ...
The Ostrogothic Papacy was a period from 493 to 537 where the papacy was strongly influenced by the Ostrogothic Kingdom, if the pope was not outright appointed by the Ostrogothic King. The selection and administration of popes during this period was strongly influenced by Theodoric the Great and his successors Athalaric and Theodahad.