One of a tribe of eastern Goths that conquered and ruled Italy from ad 493 to 555.
noun
0
0
An East Goth; esp., a member of the group that conquered Italy in the 5th cent. a.d.
noun
0
0
Any member of an ancient East Germanictribe, one branch of the Goths (the Visigoths being the other), which invaded Italy in the sixth century.
noun
0
0
Advertisement
Origin of ostrogoth
From Middle English OstrogotesOstrogothsfrom Late Latin Ostrogothīostro-eastern (of Germanic originaus- in Indo-European roots) GothīGothsGoth
Sentence Examples
He became a favourite with Theodoric, the Ostrogoth, who ruled in Rome from 500, and was one of his intimate friends.
Odoacer, like the emperors who had gone before him, made Ravenna his chief place of residence, and here he shut himself up when Theodoric the Ostrogoth had invaded Italy and defeated him in two battles.
The Ostrogoth collected a fleet and established a severe blockade, which at length caused Odoacer to surrender the city.
535), daughter of Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, was married in 515 to Eutharic, an Ostrogoth of the old Amal line, who had previously been living in Spain.
Together with the Thuringi and Warni they were called upon by Theodoric the Ostrogoth about the beginning of the 6th century to form an alliance with him against the Frankish king Clovis, but very shortly afterwards they were completely overthrown in war by the Langobardi.