Meanings
- historicalA kingdom (493—553 CE), founded by Theodoric the Great, corresponding to present-day Italy (including Sicily but not Sardinia) and neighbouring areas.
1984, Thomas S. Burns, A History of the Ostrogoths, Indiana University Press, 1991, Midland Books, page 202, Indeed, the success of his government, and that of the Ostrogothic Kingdom as a whole depended upon the fair-minded juxtaposition of personnel and functions into an overlapping system.
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Theodoric died in 526, and within ten years from his death the struggle began which ended in the destruction of his work, the overthrow of the Ostrogothic kingdom.
1928, J. B. Bury, The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians, Jovian Press, published 2016, unnumbered pageThe Ostrogothic kingdom under Theodoric is unique for its creation and deployment of royal imagines in ways closely comparable with the practice and purpose of the contemporary Empire; but culturally Ostrogothic Italy was still an Imperial province.
1991, D. A. Bullough, Carolingian Renewal: Sources and heritage, Manchester University Press, page 68Synonyms: Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA kingdom (493—553 CE), founded by Theodoric the Great, corresponding to present-day Italy (including Sicily but not Sardinia) and neighbouring areas.
Translations
German Ostgotenreich
- Ostgotenreichkingdom of Italy founded by Theodoric the Great
Italian Regno ostrogoto, Regno d'Italia
- Regno ostrogotokingdom of Italy founded by Theodoric the Great
- Regno d'Italiakingdom of Italy founded by Theodoric the Great
Latin Regnum Italiae
- Regnum Italiaekingdom of Italy founded by Theodoric the Great
Romanian Regatul Ostrogotic
- Regatul Ostrogotickingdom of Italy founded by Theodoric the Great
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Ostrogothic Kingdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ostrogothic%20Kingdom
“Ostrogothic Kingdom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ostrogothic%20Kingdom. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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