Definitions
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- adj. of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths
Etymologies
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Examples
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In its prime, when Ravenna was the capital of the Western Empire and then of the Ostrogothic kingdom of Theodoric (who unseated Odoacer), the city straddled Eastern and Western sensibilities.
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If this is the same “Romulus” to whom the Ostrogothic king Theodoric wrote in 510, then Romulus Augustulus lived for a good long while after being removed from his throne.
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And speaking of accents, apparently Ostrogothic accents sound very pirate-y.
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The picture may have changed during the instability of the fifth century A.D. when Ostrogothic mercenaries and Isaurian tribesman started to raid the region.
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To the Italians, Ostrogothic rule was alien and heretical, and they resented it.
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Cassiodorus may seem a timeserver, but his tenacity was based on a constructive, optimistic view of Ostrogothic rule.
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On the other hand, the interior was peopled by descendants of Ostrogothic tribes mingling with numberless local peoples.
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At Ravenna, the Ostrogothic capital, Theodoric erected many notable buildings, including a palace, a mausoleum, and several churches.
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The destruction of the Ostrogothic kingdom did not free Italy of the
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Justinian had no intention of abandoning to the Ostrogothic Germans the rich provinces of
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