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Athalaric (Latin: Athalaricus; c. 516 – 2
October 534) was the king of the
Ostrogoths in
Italy between 526 and 534. He was a son of
Eutharic and Amalasuintha...
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Ostrogothic Kingdom from 526 to 535.
Initially serving as
regent for her son
Athalaric, she
became queen after his
premature death.
Highly educated, Amalasuintha...
- king was
succeeded by his
grandson Athalaric, with Theodoric's
daughter Amalasuintha serving as
regent since Athalaric was but ten
years of age when Theodoric...
- education,
preferring that
Athalaric be
raised as a warrior. She was
forced to
discharge his
Roman tutors, but
instead Athalaric turned to a life of dissipation...
- This
terminology survived in the
Byzantine East as late as the
reign of
Athalaric, who was
called του Ουαλεμεριακου (tou Oualemeriakou) by John Malalas...
- kings.
Boniface was
later elected,
largely due to the
influence of King
Athalaric. For a time, he
served as pope in
competition with Dioscorus, who had...
-
period was
strongly influenced by
Theodoric the
Great and his
successors Athalaric and Theodahad. This
period terminated with
Justinian I's (re)conquest...
- king fell to the
Emperor Justinian in 553.
Theodoric the
Great (493–526)
Athalaric (526–534)
Queen Amalasuintha (534–535)
Theodahad (534–536)
Witiges (536–540)...
- by Jordanes, "Eutharic, who
married Amalasuentha...begat
Athalaric and Mathesuentha.
Athalaric died in the
years of his childhood, and
Mathesuentha married...
- king
Athalaric had died on 2
October 534, and a usurper, Theodahad, had
imprisoned queen Amalasuintha, Theodoric's
daughter and
mother of
Athalaric, on...
