Ostrogoths
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The Ostrogoths were a Roman-era Germanic people who, in the 5th and 6th centuries, established one of the two major Gothic kingdoms within the Western Roman Empire. They drew on large Gothic populatio
The Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna, Italy
Ostrogothic bow-fibulae (c. 500) from Emilia-Romagna, Italy
The Concesti helmet was found among the burial goods of a probable Ostrogothic Prince. Hermitage Museum.
Ostrogothic belt buckle, Pavia Civic Museums
Attila
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Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun and also known by his nickname The Scourge of God, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consist
Ostrogoths
…Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy after defeating Odoacer. Theodoric belonged to the Amal dynasty, which had gained power in Pannonia after the collapse of Attila's Hunnic empire. Backed by the Byzantine emperor Zeno, Theodoric invaded Italy and established his rule from Ravenna, preserving Roman administration…
King Attila (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Figure of Attila in a museum in Hungary
A reconstructed Hun warrior (Hungarian National Museum, Attila exhibition, 2026)
Mór Than's 19th century painting of The Feast of Attila, based on a fragment of Priscus