Theodahad

And: “After Athalaric’s death Amalasuntha married her cousin Theodahad, who killed her, being inspired from the conservative Gothic wing.”

The Road from Ravenna 2006

And: “After Athalaric’s death Amalasuntha married her cousin Theodahad, who killed her, being inspired from the conservative Gothic wing.”

The Road from Ravenna 2006

And: “After Athalaric’s death Amalasuntha married her cousin Theodahad, who killed her, being inspired from the conservative Gothic wing.”

The Road from Ravenna 2006

And that he might extend his family as much as possible, he sent his sister Amalafrida the mother of Theodahad, who was afterwards king to Africa as wife of Thrasamund, king of the Vandals, and her daughter Amalaberga, who was his own niece, he united with Herminefred, king of the Thuringians.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

After King Theodahad was slain, a messenger came from the king—for he was already king in the Barbarian Plains—to proclaim Vitiges to the people.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

So after much thought she decided, for the sake of relationship, to summon her cousin Theodahad from Tuscany, where he led a retired life at home, and thus she established him on the throne.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

He entered Rome and sent on to Ravenna the men most faithful to him to demand the death of Theodahad.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

When the Roman general reached Sicily, Theodahad sought out Evermud, his son-in-law, and sent him with an army to guard the strait which lies between Campania and Sicily and sweeps from a bend of the Tyrrhenian Sea into the vast tide of the Adriatic.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

When the army of the Goths perceived this, they distrusted Theodahad and clamored for his expulsion from the kingdom and for the appointment as king of their leader Vitiges, who had been his armor bearer.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

[Sidenote: AMALASUENTHA] [Sidenote: Theodahad 534-536] [Sidenote: 534]

The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes