Theoderic the Great

E200342

Arian Christian Ostrogothic king king late antiquity ruler ruler of Italy

Theoderic the Great was the Ostrogothic king who ruled Italy in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, renowned for preserving Roman administrative structures while leading a Germanic kingdom.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Theodoric the Great	23
Theoderic the Great canonical	9
King of the Ostrogoths	5
Theodoric	2
Flavius Theodericus	1
Theoderic the Amal	1
Theoderich der Große	1
Theodericus Magnus	1
Theodoric the Amal	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arian Christian ⓘ Ostrogothic king ⓘ king ⓘ late antiquity ruler ⓘ ruler of Italy ⓘ
alliedWith	Visigothic Kingdom through marriage alliances ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Theoderic the Great ⓘ surface form: Theoderich der Große Theoderic the Great ⓘ surface form: Theodericus Magnus Theoderic the Great ⓘ surface form: Theodoric the Great
appointedBy	Eastern Roman emperor Zeno ⓘ
birthPlace	Pannonia ⓘ territory of the Ostrogoths in the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
birthYear	c. 454 ⓘ
burialPlace	Mausoleum of Theoderic in Ravenna ⓘ
capital	Ravenna ⓘ
child	Athalaric ⓘ surface form: Amalasuntha
commissioned	Arian Baptistery in Ravenna ⓘ Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna ⓘ Mausoleum of Theoderic ⓘ surface form: Mausoleum of Theoderic in Ravenna
contemporaryOf	Anastasius I ⓘ surface form: Anastasius I Dicorus Boethius ⓘ Cassiodorus ⓘ Clovis ⓘ surface form: Clovis I
culture	Germanic ⓘ
deathDate	30 August 526 ⓘ
deathPlace	Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy Ravenna ⓘ
deathYear	526 ⓘ
defeated	Odoacer ⓘ
dynasty	Amal dynasty ⓘ
employed	Boethius as magister officiorum ⓘ Cassiodorus ⓘ surface form: Cassiodorus as high official Roman aristocracy in administration ⓘ
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ
ethnicity	Ostrogoth ⓘ
father	Theodemir ⓘ
fullName	Theoderic the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Flavius Theodericus Theoderic the Great self-link ⓘ
imprisoned	Boethius ⓘ
influenced	transition from Roman Empire to Germanic kingdoms in the West ⓘ
killed	Odoacer ⓘ
knownFor	building program in Ravenna ⓘ preserving Roman administrative structures in Italy ⓘ religious tolerance toward Catholics and Arians early in his reign ⓘ ruling a Germanic kingdom with Roman institutions ⓘ
languageContext	Latin-speaking administration ⓘ
maintained	Roman Senate ⓘ surface form: Roman Senate in Italy Roman legal system in Italy ⓘ Roman tax administration in Italy ⓘ
married	Audofleda ⓘ
militaryActivity	campaigned in the Balkans ⓘ
mother	Ereleuva ⓘ
orderedExecutionOf	Boethius ⓘ
predecessor	Odoacer ⓘ
reignEnd	526 ⓘ
reignStart	493 ⓘ
religion	Arianism ⓘ
ruled	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
sentTo	Italy by Emperor Zeno to depose Odoacer ⓘ
spouse	Audofleda ⓘ
successor	Athalaric ⓘ
title	King of Italy ⓘ Theoderic the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: King of the Ostrogoths Magister militum ⓘ Patricius of the Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Roman emperor Zeno → contemporaryWith → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

subject surface form: Zeno

Odoacer → killedBy → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Odoacer → successor → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Fall of the Western Roman Empire → hasKeyFigure → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Kingdom of Odoacer → overthrownBy → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Ostrogothic Kingdom → foundedBy → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Ostrogothic Kingdom → firstRuler → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Ostrogothic Kingdom → notableRuler → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Boethius → employer → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Goths → associatedWith → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Arian Baptistery → patron → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Archiepiscopal Chapel → builtDuringReignOf → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Mausoleum of Theoderic → namedAfter → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

Mausoleum of Theoderic → builder → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

Mausoleum of Theoderic → dedicatedTo → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo → foundedBy → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo → builder → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Hofkirche, Innsbruck → hasStatueOf → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

Thierry → etymologicalOrigin → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric

Tarasicodissa Zeno → ally → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theoderic the Amal

Tarasicodissa Zeno → associatedWith → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

Theoderic the Great → fullName → Theoderic the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flavius Theodericus

Theoderic the Great → fullName → Theoderic the Great self-link ⓘ

Theoderic the Great → alsoKnownAs → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Theoderic the Great → alsoKnownAs → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theoderich der Große

Theoderic the Great → alsoKnownAs → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodericus Magnus

Theoderic the Great → title → Theoderic the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of the Ostrogoths

Codex Argenteus → associatedWith → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

Thrasamund → fatherInLaw → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Hilderic → maternalGrandfather → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

War between Odoacer and Theodoric → hasMainBelligerent → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

War between Odoacer and Theodoric → commandedBy → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Zeno → opponent → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Amal

Athalaric → positionHeld → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of the Ostrogoths

Athalaric → follows → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Athalaric → grandfather → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Athalaric → predecessor → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Athalaric → relative → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Theodahad → uncle → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric the Great

Teia → positionHeld → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of the Ostrogoths

Witiges → positionHeld → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of the Ostrogoths

Totila → positionHeld → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of the Ostrogoths

court of Ravenna → associatedWith → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

Dirck → shortFormOf → Theoderic the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theodoric