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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

Once at Brooklyn College, Lipton relates, "some square lecturer was giving a lecture on Dadaism," and one Ostrogothic student pelted him with potato salad.

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