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Theodoric the Great

Mausoleum of Theodoric the Great in Ravenna, Italy

Theodoric the Great (454–August 30, 526), known to the Romans as Flavius Theodoricus, was king of the Ostrogoths (488–526), ruler of Italy (493–526), and regent of the Visigoths (511–526). He united several German tribes and encouraged Arianism.

Theodoric The Great Media

  • The Ostrogothic Kingdom (in yellow) at the death of Theodoric the Great (AD 526)

  • Brick with the emblem of Theodoric, found in the Temple of Vesta, Rome. It reads "+REG(nante) D(omino) N(ostro) THEODERICO [b]O[n]O ROM(a)E", which translates as With our master Theodoric the Good reigning in Rome [this brick was made].

  • Theodoric's empire at the height of its power in 523, with territory marked in blue ruled directly by Theodoric and light blue areas under his hegemony

  • Bronze weight, inlaid with silver, with the name of Theodoric, issued by prefect Catulinus in Rome, 493–526

  • Mosaic depiction of the front of Theodoric's Palace on the upper part of the south wall of the nave of San Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna. Theodoric and his court were removed from the image by the Eastern Romans.

  • The Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna

  • Epigraph originally placed at the amphitheater built in Pavia by Theodoric in which the restorations carried out between 528 and 529 by Athalaric are mentioned, Pavia Civic Museums.

  • The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, the church of the Palace of Theodoric in Ravenna

  • Bronze statue of Theodoric the Great (by Peter Vischer the Elder, 1512–13), from the monument of Emperor Maximilian I in the Court Church at Innsbruck

  • Probable portrait of Theodoric adorned in imperial clothing in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo. Falsely attributed to Justinian in the 19th century, it may also represent Anastasius I or Justin I.

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