Ostrogoth
noun
a member of the easterly division of the Goths, maintaining a monarchy in Italy, a.d. 493–555.
Ostrogothic
-
a word derived from
Ostrogoth.
Example Sentences
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Boethius was imprisoned on conspiracy charges and subsequently executed by the ruler he had served, the Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
In 493, Odoacer was deposed and killed by a different Ostrogothic king, Theodoric, but the link with Constantinople remained intact.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Mercurius asked to be called John II, after Pope John who had been martyred at Ravenna in 526 after a fallout with the Ostrogothic king, Theodoric.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2013
Superb color and black-and-white illustrations present everything from Ostrogothic jewelry to illuminated Irish manuscripts, as well as some magnificent frescoes recently discovered in Castelseprio, north of Milan.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fourth question asked which church was built by the emperor Justinian to demonstrate his superiority to the late Theodoric’s Ostrogothic successors.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
