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Athalaric

Athalaric
King of the Ostrogoths
Reign 526 – 534
Predecessor Theoderic the Great
Successor Theodahad
Born 516
Died October 2, 534(534-10-02) (aged 17–18)
Father Eutharic
Mother Amalasuntha

Athalaric (516 – 2 October 534) was the King of the Ostrogoths in Italy between 526 and 534. He was a son of Eutharic and Amalasuntha. His maternal grandfather was Theoderic the Great. He succeeded his grandfather as king in 526.

As Athalaric was only ten years old, the regency was assumed by his mother, Amalasuntha. His mother attempted to provide for him an education in the Roman tradition, but the Gothic nobles pressured her to allow them to raise him as they saw fit. As a result, Athalaric drank heavily and indulged in vicious excesses, which ruined his constitution.



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