Theodoric king of the ostrogoths
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Theodoric the Great – Ostrogothic King
Theodoric the Great, also called Theodoric the Amal, was king of the Ostrogoths from 471 to 526. He ruled the independent Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy from 493 to 526 and was a patrician of the Eastern Roman Empire. Some scholars see him as a Western Roman Emperor in all but name, given that he ruled large portions of the former Western Roman Empire.
Theodoric was transported as a captive to Constantinople as the infant son of an Ostrogothic lord, where he spent his formative years and acquired an East Roman education (paideia). Theodoric returned to Pannonia in 470 and waged war against the Sarmatians and fought for influence among the Goths of the Roman Balkans throughout the 470s. In 483 A.D., Emperor Zeno appointed him leader of the Eastern Roman armies, and in 484 A.D., he was appointed consul. Theodoric, on the other hand, was always against the emperor and kept stealing from East Roman land.
Theodoric attacked the Itaian king Odoacer in 489 at Zeno’s behest, emerging triumphant in 493. As the new ruler of Italy, he preserved a Roman judicial administration and academic culture and pushed for a massive construction program throughout the country. In 505, he moved into the Balkans, and by 511, he had established hegemo
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Theodoric the Great
King of description Ostrogoths (r. 471–526) & Visigoths (r. 511–526); Gorgeous of Italia (r. 493–526)
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Theodoric the Great
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King of the Ostrogoths, born A.D. 454 (?); died 26 August, 526. He was an illegitimate son of Theodomir, of the royal Ostrogothicfamily of Amali. When eight years old Theodoric was brought as a hostage to the Court of Constantinople. Here he learned to comprehend the education given by ancient civilization. At eighteen he was allowed to return home and became the leader of a great horde of his countrymen, whose increasing numbers drove them to seek new lands. As King of the Ostrogoths he was sometimes an ally, sometimes an enemy, of the emperors. The inconsistencies of his policy may probably be explained by his having as rival another Theodoric, called Strabo (squint-eyed), who was able to influence the Court of Constantinople against him. When Strabo died in 481, Theodoric the Great received from the Emperor Zeno the titles of patricius and magister militum and in 484 was appointed consul.
Theodoric was now compelled to set out with his own people to conquer new territory. The course to be pursued was suggested by the Emperor Zeno.