- Germanic people from the Balkans
- Ostrogothic Kingdom (493 - 553 AD)
- Controlled Italy, Southern France and the Balkans
- Succeeded the Kingdom of Italy and Odoacer
- Ruled by Theodoric the Great (493 - 526 AD)
- Capital: Ravenna (until 540 AD), then Pavia
- Gothic War with the Byzantine Empire (535 - 554 AD)
- Italy lost to the Byzantine Empire and Justinian I
Sources
Wikipedia: Ostrogoths, Ostrogothic Kingdom
