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  2. King of the Goths - Wikipedia

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    The title of King of the Goths (Swedish: Götes konung; Danish: Goternes konge; Latin: gothorum rex) was for many centuries borne by both the kings of Sweden and the kings of Denmark. In the Swedish case, the reference is to Götaland (land of the Geats ); in the Danish case, to the island of Gotland (land of the Gutes ).

  3. Goths - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, Gothic raids on the Roman Empire continued, [126] In 250–51, the Gothic king Cniva captured the city of Philippopolis and inflicted a devastating defeat upon the Romans at the Battle of Abrittus, in which the Roman Emperor Decius was killed. [127] [104] This was one of the most disastrous defeats in the history of the Roman army. [104]

  4. Alaric I - Wikipedia

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    Imaginative portrait of Alaric in C. Strahlheim, Das Welttheater, 4.Band, Frankfurt a.M., 1836. According to Jordanes, a 6th-century Roman bureaucrat of Gothic origin—who later turned his hand to history—Alaric was born on Peuce Island at the mouth of the Danube Delta in present-day Romania and belonged to the noble Balti dynasty of the Thervingian Goths.

  5. Category:Gothic kings - Wikipedia

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    Legendary Gothic kings (4 P) O. Ostrogothic kings (1 C, 11 P) V. Visigothic kings (4 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Gothic kings"

  6. Ostrogothic Kingdom - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Geats - Wikipedia

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    The title "King of the Wends" was copied from the Danish title, while the Danish kings called themselves "Kings of the Gotlanders" (which, like "Geats", was translated into "Goths" in Latin). "Wends" is a term normally used to describe the Slavic peoples who inhabited large areas of modern east Germany and Pomerania.

  8. Theodoric the Great - Wikipedia

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    Additional evidence of the Gothic king's extensive royal reach include the acts of ecclesiastical councils that were held in Tarragona and Gerona; while both occurred in 516 and 517, they date back to the "regnal years of Theoderic, which seem to commence in the year 511". [45] Brick with the emblem of Theodoric, found in the Temple of Vesta, Rome.

  9. King of the Geats - Wikipedia

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    Magnus the Strong, king of West Götaland (reigned 1125–1130) Kol, king of East Götaland (see Inge the Younger) (early 12th century) Karl Sverkersson, rex Gothorum before becoming king of all of Sweden. From the reign of King Magnus Ladulås until the accession of Charles XVI Gustav, Sweden's monarchs were officially titled "King of the Goths".