Ostrogothic Kingdom

493–553 kingdom centered in Italy Kingdom of ItalyRegnum Italiae (Latin)493–553 Ostrogoth coin depicting Theodoric the Great The Ostrogothic Kingdom between 508 and 534 ADCapital Ravenna (493–540) Pavia (540–553) Common languagesGothic, Vulgar Latin, Pannonian LatinReligion Official: Arian Christianity Chalcedonian Christianity Minority: Judaism Pelagian Christianity Roman Paganism Manichaeism GovernmentMonarchyKing • 493–526 Theodoric (first)• 552–553 Teia (last) LegislatureRoman SenateHistorical eraLate antiquity• Battles of Isonzo and Verona 489• Fall of Ravenna 493• Start of the Gothic War 535• Battle of Mons Lactarius 553 Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Odoacer Hunnic Empire Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty Exarchate of Ravenna Duchy of Rome Avar Khaganate Part of a series on the History of Italy Early Prehistoric Italy Nuragic civilization (18th–3rd c. BC) Etruscan civilization (12th–6th c. BC) Magna Graecia (8th–3rd c. BC) Ancient Rome Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC) Republic (509 BC–27 BC) Roman expansion in Italy Roman Italy Populares and Optimates Empire (27 BC–286 AD) Western Empire (286 AD–476 AD) Praetorian prefecture of It