Editing Goths (section)

====Ostrogoths====
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[[File:Tomb of Theodoric the Great Ravenna (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Mausoleum of Theodoric]] in [[Ravenna]], [[Italy]]. The [[frieze]] includes a motif found in Scandinavian metal jewellery.]]
After the Hunnic invasion, many Goths became subjects of the Huns. A section of these Goths under the leadership of the Amali dynasty came to be known as the [[Ostrogoths]].{{sfn|Heather|2018}} Others sought refuge in the Roman Empire, where many of them were recruited into the Roman army. In the spring of 399, [[Tribigild]], a Gothic leader in charge of troops in [[Nakoleia]], rose up in rebellion and defeated the first imperial army sent against him, possibly seeking to emulate Alaric's successes in the west.{{sfn|Kulikowski|2006|pp=168–69}} [[Gainas]], a Goth who along with Stilicho and [[Eutropius (consul 399)|Eutropius]] had deposed [[Rufinus (consul)|Rufinus]] in 395, was sent to suppress Tribigild's rebellion, but instead plotted to use the situation to seize power in the Eastern Roman Empire. This attempt was however thwarted by the pro-Roman Goth [[Fravitta]], and in the aftermath, thousands of Gothic civilians were massacred in Constantinople,{{sfn|Pritsak|2005}} many being burned alive in the local Arian church where they had taken shelter.{{sfn|Kulikowski|2006|pp=168–69}} As late as the 6th century Goths were settled as ''[[foederati]]'' in parts of [[Asia Minor]]. Their descendants, who formed the elite ''[[Optimatoi]]'' regiment, still lived there in the early 8th century.{{sfn|Foss|2005}} While they were largely assimilated, their Gothic origin was still well–known: the chronicler Theophanes the Confessor calls them [[Gothograeci]].{{sfn|Pritsak|2005}}

The Ostrogoths fought together with the Huns at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451.{{sfn|Wolfram|1990|p=178}} Following the death of Attila and the defeat of the Huns at the [[Battle of Nedao]] in 454, the Ostrogoths broke away from Hunnic rule under their king [[Valamir]].{{sfn|Wolfram|1990|pp=259–60}} Mentions of this event were probably preserved in Slavic epic songs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/61786841 |title=Tarasov I.M. Some plots of Gothic history mentioded in Ioachim Chronicles.2021. Part I. P.56–71. |date=January 2021 |access-date=19 November 2021 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119084932/https://www.academia.edu/61786841 |url-status=live }}</ref> Under his successor, [[Theodemir (Ostrogothic king)|Theodemir]], they utterly defeated the Huns at the [[Battle of Bassianae|Bassianae]] in 468,{{sfn|Wolfram|1990|pp=264–66}} and then defeated a coalition of Roman–supported Germanic tribes at the [[Battle of Bolia]] in 469, which gained them supremacy in [[Pannonia]].{{sfn|Wolfram|1990|pp=264–66}}

Theodemir was succeeded by his son [[Theodoric the Great|Theodoric]] in 471, who was forced to compete with [[Theodoric Strabo]], leader of the [[Thracian Goths]], for the leadership of his people.{{sfn|Thompson}} Fearing the threat posed by Theodoric to Constantinople, the Eastern Roman emperor [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]] ordered Theodoric to invade Italy in 488. By 493,{{sfn|Howatson|2011}} Theodoric had conquered all of Italy from the [[Sciri]]an [[Odoacer]], whom he killed with his own hands;{{sfn|Thompson}} he subsequently formed the [[Ostrogothic Kingdom]]. Theodoric settled his entire people in Italy, estimated at 100,000–200,000, mostly in the northern part of the country, and ruled the country very efficiently. The Goths in Italy constituted a small minority of the population in the country.{{sfn|Paul|MacMullen}} Intermarriage between Goths and Romans were forbidden, and Romans were also forbidden from carrying arms. Nevertheless, the Roman majority was treated fairly.{{sfn|Thompson}}

The Goths were briefly reunited under one crown in the early 6th century under Theodoric, who became regent of the Visigothic kingdom following the death of [[Alaric II]] at the Battle of Vouillé in 507.{{sfn|Wolfram|1997|p=193}} Shortly after Theodoric's death, the country was invaded by the Eastern Roman Empire in the [[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]], which severely devastated and depopulated the Italian peninsula.{{sfn|Jacobsen|2009|p=298}} The Ostrogoths made a brief resurgence under their king [[Totila]],{{sfn|Bennett|2004}} who was, however, killed at the [[Battle of Taginae]] in 552. After the last stand of the Ostrogothic king [[Teia]] at the [[Battle of Mons Lactarius]] in 553, Ostrogothic resistance ended, and the remaining Goths in Italy were assimilated by the [[Lombards]], another Germanic tribe, who invaded Italy and founded the [[Kingdom of the Lombards]] in 567.{{sfn|Bennett|2004}}{{sfn|Wickham|Foot}}