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Eraric (died 541) was
briefly King of the Ostrogoths,
elected as the most
distinguished among the
Rugians in the
confederation of the Ostrogoths. The Goths...
- Goths,
proclaimed one of
their own,
Eraric, as the new king,
which was
unexpectedly ****ented to by the Goths.
Eraric persuaded the
Goths to
start negotiations...
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suitable Gothic successor enabled the
Rugians to make
their chief Eraric king of the Goths.
Eraric, however, betra**** the
Goths and
secretly offered to surrender...
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Amalasuintha (534–535)
Theodahad (534–536)
Witiges (536–540)
Ildibad (540–541)
Eraric (541)
Totila (541–552) Teia (552–553)
Roman authority in
Italy was briefly...
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challenged Theodoric's Amal dynasty".
Eraric's murder and
replacement with
Totila suggested to the Byzantines—since
Eraric favoured negotiation with Imperial...
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until it was destro**** by Justinian. The
third last king was the
Rugian Eraric who died in 541.
After him the
Rugians disappear from history. It is generally...
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Italy took a turn for the worse.
Under their respective kings Ildibad and
Eraric (both
murdered in 541) and
especially Totila, the
Ostrogoths made quick...
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Athalaric (526–534)
Theodahad (534–536)
Vitiges (536–540)
Ildibad (540–541)
Eraric (541)
Totila (541–552) Teia (552–553)
Lombards Alboin (568–572)
Cleph (572–574)...
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Athalaric (526–534)
Theodahad (534–536)
Vitiges (536–540)
Ildibad (540–541)
Eraric (541)
Totila (541–552) Teia (552–553)
Lombards Alboin (568–572)
Cleph (572–574)...
- had just lost, was
something of a
weakling and they
would need a new one.
Eraric, the
leader of the group,
endorsed Belisarius and the rest of the kingdom...
