This speech had an effect on Theodat, but not the one Amalasuntha had hoped for. This<hr>
monster of ingratitude and cruelty was not moved by the queen's tears or by the reminder <hr>
of the obligations he had towards her. Ashamed to see her, he hastened his departure. However, <hr>
his inhumanity did not stop there. A few days later, he allowed the enemies of this distinguished queen<hr>
to stab her in her prison. But this usurper did not go unpunished. He did not enjoy the fruits of his crimes for long. He lost both the sceptre and his life. Amalasuntha's death was the consequence of his exile which, in the end, armed her allies and avengers against Theodat.<hr>
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       Amalasuntha, born around 495-500 in Ravenna and assassinated in 535 in Bolsena, Italy,<hr>
is an Ostrogothic queen. She is the daughter of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths,<hr>
from the Amal dynasty, and the Frankish princess Audofleda, sister of Clovis I, king of the Franks.<hr>
       The Ostrogoths are a predominantly Germanic confederation that appears in<hr>
Antiquity and continues to evolve until late Antiquity. They are part of the Goths and emerged from<;
the Vistula basins in Poland, then from the Dnieper and Southern Bug in Ukraine, from where they were driven out by the Huns in the 370s before ravaging the Balkans and, finally, conquering Italy in 493 under the reign of Theodoric the Great. A small minority remain in Crimea.<hr>
       Eutharic is a nobleman from the Visigothic kingdom of Ostrogothic origin. He was summoned<hr>
by Theodoric to marry his daughter Amalasuntha.<hr>
       Theodoric the Great or Theodoric the Amal, born around 455 and died on August 30, 526 in<hr>
Ravenna, Italy, is a king of the Ostrogoths. After killing the warlord who governed<hr>
Italy at the time, he founded an autonomous kingdom while maintaining the<br>
the Roman administrative system. Later, he took the South Gaul and became the tutor of the young king<br>
Visigothic Amalaric. He rules Visigothic Spain until 526, in fact ruling over a<br>
large Visigothic-Ostrogothic kingdom.<hr>
       Athalaric, born in 516 and died on October 2, 534, is a king of the Ostrogoths, and the grandson<hr>
of Theodoric the Great, whom he succeeded in 526. He died at the age of 18 due to his life of<br>
debauchery after 8 years of reign.<hr>
       Theodat, or Theudahad (around 480-536), nephew of Theodoric the Great by his mother<hr>
Amalafrida, is the king of the Ostrogoths from 534 to 536. He is the prefect of Tuscany and endlessly sought to expand his possesions, but Theodoric suppressed his intentions of independence several times. After the death of Athalaric, he married Amalasuntha to accede to the throne.<hr>
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