Effect of this Speech<hr>
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       This speech had an effect on Theodahad, but not the one Amalasuntha had hoped for. This<hr>
monster of ingratitude and cruelty was not moved by the queen's tears or 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 left the enemies of this distinguished queen<hr>
to stab her in her prison. But this usurper did not remain unpunished. He did not enjoy<hr>
the fruits of his crimes for long. He lost the scepter and life. Amalasuntha's death was<hr>
the consequence of his exile which, in the end, armed his allies and avengers against Theodahad.<hr>
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       Amalasuntha, born around 495-500 in Ravenna and murdered in 535 in Bolsena in<hr>
Italy, is an Ostrogothic queen. She is the daughter of Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths,<hr>
of the Amali dynasty, and the Frankish princess Audofleda, sister of Clovis I, King of the<hr>
Franks.<hr>
       The Ostrogoths are a predominantly Germanic confederation that appeared in antiquity and continued its evolution until Late Antiquity. They are part of the Goths and<hr>
emerge in the basins of the Vistula in Poland, then the Dnieper and the Southern Bug<hr>
in Ukraine, from where they were ousted by the Huns in the 370s before devastating the Balkans<hr>
and, finally, conquering Italy in 493 under the reign of Theodoric the Great. A small minority remains in Crimea.<hr>
       Eutharic is a nobleman from the Visigothic kingdom of Ostrogothic origin. He was summoned by Theodoric to marry his daughter Amalasuntha.<hr>
       Theodoric the Great or Theodoric the Amali, born around 455 and died on August 30, 526 in<hr>
Ravenna in Italy, is a King of the Ostrogoths. After killing the ruling warlord of Italy at the time, he established an autonomous kingdom while maintaining the Roman administrative system. Later, he took over Southern Gaul and became the guardian of the young Visigothic king Amalaric. He ruled Visigothic Spain until 526, effectively reigning over a large Visigothic-Ostrogothic kingdom.<hr>
       Athalaric, born in 516 and died on October 2, 534, was a King of the Ostrogoths, and the grandson of Theodoric the Great, whom he succeeded in 526. He died at the age of 18 due to his life of debauchery after an 8-year reign.<hr>
       Theodahad, or Theodahat (circa 480-536), nephew of Theodoric the Great through his mother Amalafrida, was King of the Ostrogoths from 534 to 536. He was a prefect of Tuscany and relentlessly sought<hr>
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