Theodoric the Great was the king of the Ostrogoths who invaded Italy and deposed King Odoacer. He ruled over a kingdom of Romans and Goths from 493 - 526 CE.

Life in Britain after Rome: invasions, shrinking towns, language shift, and Christian revival that forged early kingdoms, trade, and daily life (5th–7th c.).

The barbarian kingdoms were monarchies in western Europe that formed in the wake of the fall of the Western Roman Empire.