Ostrogothic Kingdom

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Germanic kingdom kingdom post-Roman state

The Ostrogothic Kingdom was a Germanic-ruled state that controlled Italy and parts of the western Balkans in the late 5th and early 6th centuries, preserving much of Roman administration and culture under Ostrogothic kings like Theodoric the Great.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Germanic kingdom → kingdom → post-Roman state →
administrativeContinuityWith	Western Roman Empire →
alsoKnownAs	Kingdom of the Ostrogoths → Regnum Italiae (in Latin context) →
architecturalLegacy	Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna → restoration of Roman monuments in Italy →
capital	Ravenna →
commonName	Ostrogothic Kingdom →
conflict	Gothic War (535–554) →
continent	Europe →
culturalPolicy	preservation of Roman culture and institutions →
currency	Roman-style coinage →
endTime	553 →
ethnicGroupInPower	Ostrogoths →
firstRuler	Theodoric the Great →
followedBy	Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna → Byzantine rule in Italy →
foundedBy	Theodoric the Great →
governmentType	monarchy →
headOfStateTitle	king →
keyMilitaryLeaderAgainst	Belisarius → Narses →
languageUsed	Gothic → Latin →
lastRuler	Teia →
legalSystem	Germanic customary law (for Goths) → Roman law (for Romans) →
maintainedInstitution	Roman Senate in Rome → Roman-style civil administration →
notableRuler	Athalaric → Teia → Theodahad → Theodoric the Great → Totila → Witiges →
opponentInWar	Byzantine Empire →
partOf	Early Middle Ages → Migration Period →
precededBy	Odoacer's Kingdom of Italy →
recognizedAs	ruler of Italy under nominal imperial authority →
recognizedBy	Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno →
religion	Arian Christianity (ruling elite) → Nicene Christianity (Roman population) →
startTime	493 →
territoryIncludes	Dalmatia → Italy → Sicily → parts of the western Balkans →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ostrogothic Kingdom ("Kingdom of the Ostrogoths") →	alsoKnownAs
Boethius →	citizenship
Ostrogothic Kingdom →	commonName
Saint Benedict of Nursia ("Kingdom of the Ostrogoths") →	deathPlace
Western Roman Empire →	followedBy
Fall of the Western Roman Empire ("Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy") →	isFollowedBy
Justinianic reconquests →	participant
Pope Boniface IV ("Kingdom of the Ostrogoths") →	placeOfBirth
Kingdom of Odoacer →	precedes
Kingdom of the Lombards →	predecessor
Gothic Christianity →	stateReligionOf
Kingdom of Odoacer ("Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy") →	successorState
Ravenna →	wasCapitalOf