{"slug": "theodoric-the-great", "label": "Theodoric the Great", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoric_the_Great", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105105", "qid": "Q105105", "description": "king of the Germanic Ostrogoths and ruler of Italy (493–526)", "entries": 31, "years": 29, "span": [454, 533], "span_label": ["454 CE", "533 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 11}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 7}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ostrogoths", "label": "Ostrogoths", "shared": 16}, {"slug": "ravenna", "label": "Ravenna", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "pannonia", "label": "Pannonia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "odoacer", "label": "Odoacer", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "leo-i-emperor", "label": "Leo I (emperor)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "moesia", "label": "Moesia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "provence", "label": "Provence", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 454, "year_label": "454 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths (d. 526)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364747737#Births", "title": "454", "revid": 1364747737, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 459, "year_label": "459 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Leo I signs a peace treaty with the Ostrogoths. King Theodemir sends his son, the future Theodoric the Great, age 5, as a child hostage to Constantinople. He learns at court about Latin, military tactics and religion (until 469).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267077454#Roman_Empire", "title": "459", "revid": 1267077454, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 469, "year_label": "469 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Ostrogoth prince Theodoric, age 15, returns to Pannonia, after living as a child hostage at the court of Emperor Leo I in Constantinople (see 459).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360138926#Roman_Empire", "title": "469", "revid": 1360138926, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 471, "year_label": "471 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Theodoric the Great, age 17, succeeds his father Theodemir as king of the Ostrogoths, settling his people in lower Moesia (Balkans).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365043260#Europe", "title": "471", "revid": 1365043260, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 479, "year_label": "479 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Theodoric the Great starts a 4-year campaign against the Byzantine Empire. The Ostrogoths ravage the Roman provinces (Moesia and Thrace), and threaten the capital of Constantinople itself.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360119770#Europe", "title": "479", "revid": 1360119770, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 484, "year_label": "484 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Leontius raises a rebellion against emperor Zeno, who also faces a revolt from the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great. He sends an army to Syria, but is defeated by the Byzantine general Illus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749511#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "484", "revid": 1364749511, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 488, "year_label": "488 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Zeno orders Theodoric the Great to overthrow his rival Odoacer, who has established himself as king of Italy (see 476). He marches with an Ostrogoth army to the West.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340789358#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "488", "revid": 1340789358, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 489, "year_label": "489 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Battle of Sirmium in Pannonia: The Ostrogoths under Theodoric the Great, moving to invade Northern Italy at the behest of Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno, defeat the Gepids attempting to stop their advance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364747647#Europe", "title": "489", "revid": 1364747647, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 490, "year_label": "490 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Theodoric the Great retreats to Ticinum (modern Pavia), where he constructs a fortified camp, which is blockaded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755224#Europe", "title": "490", "revid": 1364755224, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 491, "year_label": "491 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 9", "text": "July 9 – Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theodoric the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric repulses the attack, forcing Odoacer back into Ravenna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368214657#Europe", "title": "491", "revid": 1368214657, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 493, "year_label": "493 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – Odoacer surrenders Ravenna after a 3-year siege, and agrees to a mediated peace with Theodoric the Great, who steadily consolidates his rule and provides security for the local population. His achievement is to manage the transformation of Italy from being the center of a fractured Roman Empire to a successful and independent Ostrogothic Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340790263#Europe", "title": "493", "revid": 1340790263, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 497, "year_label": "497 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Anastasius I gives formal recognition to the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great, as his representative (viceroy) in Italy. He sends the imperial standard to Ravenna. Theodoric respects the agreement and allows Roman citizens within the Ostrogothic Kingdom to be subject to Roman law.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907664#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "497", "revid": 1364907664, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 500, "year_label": "500 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Thrasamund, king of the Vandals, marries Amalafrida (widowed sister of Theodoric the Great). She brings with her a large dowry and an elite Gothic force of 5,000 soldiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361340160#Africa", "title": "AD 500", "revid": 1361340160, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 502, "year_label": "502 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, clears Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748175#Religion", "title": "AD 502", "revid": 1364748175, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 504, "year_label": "504 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Theodoric the Great defeats the Gepids, and drives them out of their homeland (Pannonia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364747389#Europe", "title": "504", "revid": 1364747389, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 506, "year_label": "506 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Antipope Laurentius is persuaded by Theodoric the Great to resign his claim to the throne of Pope Symmachus, ending a schism in the Catholic Church; Laurentius then fasts until his death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364757912#Religion", "title": "506", "revid": 1364757912, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 507, "year_label": "507 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Gesalec succeeds his father Alaric II as king of the Visigoths. He establishes his residence at Narbonne and is supported by an alliance with the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907722#Europe", "title": "507", "revid": 1364907722, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 508, "year_label": "508 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Theodoric the Great sends an Ostrogoth army, led by his sword-bearer Theudis, drives the Franks out of Provence, and recovers Septimania (Languedoc) from the Visigoths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907761#Europe", "title": "508", "revid": 1364907761, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 510, "year_label": "510 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Theodoric the Great raises the Frankish siege at Arles; the city is heroically defended by its inhabitants, assisted by the Ostrogothic general Theudis. The Ostrogoths overrun Provence (Southern Gaul), and consolidate their gains in the region.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739939#Europe", "title": "510", "revid": 1364739939, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 511, "year_label": "511 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great assumes the regency over Amalaric, his grandson and future king of the Visigothic Kingdom - Theodoric now rules over territory stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Adriatic Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364740421#Europe", "title": "511", "revid": 1364740421, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 512, "year_label": "512 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "King Theodoric the Great grants citizens on Mount Vesuvius exemption from taxes, after a severe eruption in southeastern Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369170659#Europe", "title": "512", "revid": 1369170659, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 515, "year_label": "515 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Amalasuintha, daughter of king Theodoric the Great, marries Eutharic, an Ostrogoth noble of the old Amal line.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754462#Europe", "title": "515", "revid": 1364754462, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 519, "year_label": "519 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "The synagogues of Ravenna are burnt down in a riot; Theodoric the Great orders them to be rebuilt at Ravenna's expense.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792103#Europe", "title": "519", "revid": 1340792103, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 520, "year_label": "520 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Ostrogothic ruler Theodoric the Great builds the Mausoleum of Theodoric as his future tomb in Ravenna (Italy).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364908909#Europe", "title": "520", "revid": 1364908909, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 522, "year_label": "522 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, Roman philosopher, is arrested on charges of having conspired against Theodoric the Great. He is imprisoned at Pavia (Lombardy).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792002#Europe", "title": "522", "revid": 1340792002, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 522, "year_label": "522 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Eutharic, son-in-law of Theodoric the Great", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792002#Deaths", "title": "522", "revid": 1340792002, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 525, "year_label": "525 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Theodoric the Great sends Pope John I to Constantinople, to negotiate a withdrawal of Byzantine emperor Justin's edict against Arian Christianity.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792024#Europe", "title": "525", "revid": 1340792024, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 526, "year_label": "526 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 30", "text": "August 30 – Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths (b. 454)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754141#Deaths", "title": "526", "revid": 1364754141, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 526, "year_label": "526 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 30", "text": "August 30 – King Theodoric the Great dies of dysentery at Ravenna; his daughter Amalasuintha takes power as regent for her 10-year-old son Athalaric.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754141#Europe", "title": "526", "revid": 1364754141, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 531, "year_label": "531 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Theudis, sword-bearer of former king Theodoric the Great, succeeds Amalaric as new ruler of the Visigoths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351343342#Europe", "title": "531", "revid": 1351343342, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 533, "year_label": "533 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – Belisarius arrives at Sicily, which he uses as a staging area, with the permission of the Ostrogoth queen Amalasuntha, daughter of Theodoric the Great and regent of Italy. The Ostrogoths help him with supplies and the fleet is prepared for the final attack.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340793764#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "533", "revid": 1340793764, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}