Ostrogoths
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The Ostrogoths were a branch of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe that played a major role in the political events of the late Roman Empire. The other branch was the Visigoths.
The Ostrogoths established a relatively short-lived successor state of Rome in Italy and the Balkans, even briefly incorporating most of Hispania and southern Gaul. They reached their zenith under their Romanised king Theodoric the Great, who patronised such late Roman figures as Boethius and Cassiodorus, in the first quarter of the sixth century. By mid-century, however, they had been conquered by Justinians army in the Gothic War (535–554), a war with devastating consequences for Italy.
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See also
- List of Germanic tribes
- Ostrogothic Kingdom
- Gothic War (535–554)
- Chernyakhov culture
- Oium
- Wielbark culture
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