Theodoric the Great and his domestic policy in the Ostrogothic Kingdom (424-527 AD)

Abstract

The modern Germanic kingdoms established after the fall of the New Roman Empire in 476 AD represent the new form of modern Western Europe, and progress allows us to identify the most important of them later after the end of the European states. Among these kingdoms were the Ostrogoths, especially during the reign of Theodoric, who played a prominent role in the emergence of the nucleus of the Italian state. It is important for us to distinguish between his final biography, which was a captive of the Byzantines, and what he learned from them, and how this was reflected in his assumption of power and his brilliant domestic policy. The most important feature of his rule was his strict attempt to create a new society that integrated modern culture and Germanic customs, in addition to his internal workings during this important period of the Middle Ages.