The History of the Ostrogoths (378-562)

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On the ninth of August 378 AD, a force of Gothic refugees under the command of Fritigern, destroyed a Roman field army at Adrianople. Emperor Valens himself perished during the fighting. Coming from the Pontic steppe, these Goths fled the oppression of the Huns to take refuge in the Roman empire. From this day onwards, various groups of Goths would strive for a safe home inside imperial territory. One of these groups, the Ostrogoths, would eventually establish a powerful kingdom at the heart of the classical empire.

⏰ Timestamps
0:00 - After Adrianople
3:45 - Survival in Pannonia
8:49 - Struggle in the Balkans
12:16 - The Conquest of Italia
16:57 - Theodoric the Great
34:43 - Amalasuintha's regency
38:01 - The Gothic War

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🎵 Music
Zero Hour - Reynard Seidel
Deconstructing the Empire - Christian Andersen
Desperate Insurgance - Jon Bjork
Survival - Bonnie Grace
Like a Tiger - Jo Wandrini
Where Heroes Come to Die - Hampus Naeselius
Age Of Men - Jo Wandrini
Disciples of Sun Tzu - Christian Andersen
Peacekeepers - Dream Cave
Forging an Empire - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Army of Darkness - Eoin Mantell
Wild Betrayal - Bonnie Grace
The Big Chase - Bonnie Grace
The Last Disaster - Howard Harper-Barnes
Truce No More - Dream Cave
This Is Our Land - Bonnie Grace
The Final Cut - Hampus Naeselius

📚 Sources
- Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theodoric the Great - King of the Goths, Ruler of the Romans: Yale; 2023
- Thomas Burns, A History of the Ostrogoths: Indiana; 1984

🌐 Online resources
- Wikipedia fr eng, 2024
- Historical Maps on Youtube
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These maps are so incredibly clear. A criminally underrated channel.

btransport
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Theodoric the Great is such an underrated European monarch. He was a great warrior, extremely deft politician and before his death you could argue that he rivaled the Eastern Roman and Sassanian rulers in terms of hard and soft power influence. Justinian and Belisarius are very lucky he didn't have a strong successor. Their legacies were elevated by very convenient timing.

geordiejones
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holy heck the dude Liberius lived long enough to see the "fall" of Rome and the reconquest of Rome by the Empire, what a life he had.

vanson
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Best Late Roman history content on Youtube

_gouda
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Great video. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The Ostrogothic Kingdom always felt like a lost era of the Western Roman Empire, excluded and ignored in Roman History sources only because some kid died in 476 and some guy in the late 18th century decided that was the end. The West didn't really die until Justinian's generals defeated the Goths, depopulated the Italian core, and ended a substantial portion of Senatorial and Magisterial offices of the West. I think after that we can start calling them the Byzantine Empire.

lindenstromberg
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Thank you for this. Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's very much into Ostrogothic history I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's relative content. I'd love to see a coop

peterjorgensen
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Best Roman history channel on Youtube. Always high quality!!

digenesakritas
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Hands down, this is one of the absolute best and brilliantly erudite history channels on YouTube. The content is well-researched and presented. Great work.

ArtHistoryProfessor
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Happy to see you upload again brother, quality work as usual. Ave Ancient Site.

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Honestly I genuinely believe that anytime now this chanel will blow up and gain many subscribers. Any time now

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This is a such a comprehensive and evocative piece of work. Bloody well done. Really enjoyed it from start to finish

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For a good day you need a good news like this

ttanesquejv
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The wait was, in the end, worth it. Bravo!

stepanpytlik
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I live in Pannonia. I am from a village that was about 12 km north of the Limes in Germania Magna. Traiectum ad Rhenum was the name of the Roman castrum. There was also a camp named Fectio. In the Frisian Period (Magna Frisia) it was named Attingahem.

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Glad to have you back! This video is really high quality, it really is a hidden gem!

jerry
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I will be watching much more of this channel after my exams. Such great content! 👏

Adriaticus
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Extremely useful, beautifully organized overview. Many thanks!

thomasabarnard
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Absolutely amazing video, first time I actually looked into the Ostrogoths history, was damn worth it, W channel🔥🔥

arthurmorgan
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Please keep up the longer videos! Loving this! Thank you

Andy_Babb
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Amazing as always! Love seeing this channel growing as it should!

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