Even Ostrogoth and Lombard kings, their barbarian ways tamed by the people they were supposed to have conquered, built houses in Bellagio. |
Only the earliest seems to be off, though the changing tides of Byzantine reconquest and Ostrogoth supremacy in Italy are dimly perceived. |
He is identified, I believe, by universal consent, with Theodoric the Ostrogoth. |
Sicily was used as a base for the Byzantines to conquer the rest of Italy, with Naples, Rome, Milan, and the Ostrogoth capital Ravenna falling within five years. |
He became a favourite with Theodoric, the Ostrogoth, who ruled in Rome from 500, and was one of his intimate friends. |
They rose with Goth and Ostrogoth to free themselves from the heavy yoke. |