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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Collection of facts about the Ostrogoths

This post is a collection of facts about the Ostrogoths. There are 8 facts listed below.

• Germanic people from the Balkans
• Ostrogothic Kingdom (493 - 553 AD)
• Controlled Italy, Southern France and the Balkans
• Succeeded the Kingdom of Italy and Odoacer
• Ruled by Theodoric the Great (493 - 526 AD)
• Capital: Ravenna (until 540 AD), then Pavia
• Gothic War with the Byzantine Empire (535 - 554 AD)
• Italy lost to the Byzantine Empire and Justinian I

Sources

Wikipedia: Ostrogoths, Ostrogothic Kingdom