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The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.

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Ostrogoths

5th–6th-century Germanic ethnic group

The Ostrogoths were a Roman-era Germanic people. In the 5th century, they followed the Visigoths in creating one of the two great Gothic kingdoms within the Western Roman Empire, drawing upon the large Gothic populations who had settled in the Balkans in the 4th century. While…
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Theodoric the Great

King of Italy from 493 to 526

Theodoric the Great, also called Theodoric the Amal, was king of the Ostrogoths (475–526), and ruler of the independent Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy between 493 and 526, regent of the Visigoths (511–526), and a patrician of the Eastern Roman Empire. As ruler of the combined…
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Battle of Verona (489)

Battle in 489 CE

The Battle of Verona was fought on 30 September 489 between the Ostrogothic leader Theodoric the Great and the Germanic King of Italy Odoacer. Theodoric personally led his troops in battle, and achieved a decisive victory. Odoacer was subsequently forced to flee to Ravenna, and…
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Odoacer

Ruler of Italy (c. 433 – 493)

Odoacer, also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became the ruler of Italy (476–493). Odoacer's overthrow of Romulus Augustulus is traditionally understood…
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