Totila
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Totila, original name Baduila, was the penultimate King of the Ostrogoths, reigning from 541 to 552. A skilled military and political leader, Totila reversed the tide of the Gothic War, recovering by
A gold tremissis in the name of Justinian I, minted by Totila
decanummium coin of Baduila (Badvela Rex), issued AD 541–552
Totila by Francesco Salviati, c. 1549
Totila razes the walls of Florence: illumination from the Chigi manuscript of Villani's Cronica
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
Totila
…Totila, original name Baduila (died 1 July 552), was the penultimate King of the Ostrogoths, reigning from 541 to 552. A skilled military and political leader, Totila reversed the tide of the Gothic War, recovering by 543 almost all the…
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