Athalaric
Sign in to saveAthalaric (; 5162 October 534) was the king of the Ostrogoths in Italy between 526 and 534. He was a son of Eutharic and Amalasuintha, the youngest daughter of Theodoric the Great, whom Athalaric succeeded as king in 526. Athalaric was described to live a hedonistic lifestyle by Procopius of Caesarea. His mother managed the kingdom during his reign, and he died as a teenager.
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- Royalty.name
- Athalaric
- Royalty.image
- Diptych Athalaric.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Detail of the consular diptych of Rufus Gennadius Probus Orestes, showing Athalaric, . Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Ostrogoths
- Royalty.reign
- 526534
- Royalty.predecessor
- Theodoric the Great
- Royalty.successor
- Amalasuintha
- Royalty.regent
- Amalasuintha
- Royalty.birth_date
- 516
- Royalty.father
- Eutharic
- Royalty.mother
- Amalasuintha
- Royalty.dynasty
- Amal
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ostrogothic Kingdom
- Father
- Eutharic
- Mother
- Amalasuntha
- Sibling
- Matasuntha
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Family
- Amali dynasty
- Noble title
- king
- Image
- Regno dei goti, Giustiniano I, emissione aurea, 527-536.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0516-01-01
- date of death
- 0534-00-00
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- Athalaric
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Athalaric (; 5162 October 534) was the king of the Ostrogoths in Italy between 526 and 534. He was a son of Eutharic and Amalasuintha, the youngest daughter of Theodoric the Great, whom Athalaric succeeded as king in 526. Athalaric was described to live a hedonistic lifestyle by Procopius of Caesarea. His mother managed the kingdom during his reign, and he died as a teenager.
== Life == Athalaric's grandfather was Theodoric the Great (470–526). His area of rule encompassed Italy, southern Spain, southern France, and the western Balkans. Theodoric died in 526, when Athalaric became his successor.
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