War between Odoacer and Theodoric

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The War between Odoacer and Theodoric was a late 5th-century conflict in Italy in which the Ostrogothic leader Theodoric the Great overthrew the Germanic ruler Odoacer, leading to Ostrogothic control of the Italian peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf late 5th-century conflict ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
cause Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno's invitation to Theodoric to depose Odoacer ⓘ
commandedBy Odoacer ⓘ
Theodoric the Great ⓘ
linked to: Theoderic the Great
conflictResult establishment of Ostrogothic rule in Italy ⓘ
overthrow of Odoacer ⓘ
victory of Theodoric the Great ⓘ
endDate 493 ⓘ
endedWith murder of Odoacer at a banquet in Ravenna ⓘ
followedBy establishment of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy ⓘ
hasBelligerent Kingdom of Odoacer ⓘ
Ostrogoths ⓘ
linked to: Goths
hasCasusBelli power struggle for control of Italy ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance consolidation of Ostrogothic power in former Western Roman territories ⓘ
transition from Odoacer's rule to Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Battle of Isonzo (489) ⓘ
Battle of Verona (489) ⓘ
Battle of the Adda (490) ⓘ
Siege of Ravenna (490–493) ⓘ
assassination of Odoacer by Theodoric ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Odoacer ⓘ
Theodoric the Great ⓘ
linked to: Theoderic the Great
hasOutcome recognition of Theodoric as ruler of Italy ⓘ
involvesEthnicGroup Germanic foederati in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Lombards

Ostrogoths ⓘ
linked to: Goths
location Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
opposedBy Eastern Roman Empire (nominally allied with Theodoric) ⓘ
partOf history of Italy in Late Antiquity ⓘ
history of the Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
precededBy Odoacer's rule in Italy ⓘ
startDate 488 ⓘ
timePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
tookPlaceInCity Ravenna ⓘ
Verona ⓘ
tookPlaceInRegion Northern Italy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odoacer → conflict → War between Odoacer and Theodoric ⓘ
Battle of Isonzo (489) → conflictIn → Gothic War (Odoacer–Theodoric war) ⓘ
linked to: War between Odoacer and Theodoric
Battle of the Adda (490) → conflict → War between Theodoric the Great and Odoacer ⓘ
linked to: War between Odoacer and Theodoric
Siege of Ravenna (490–493) → partOf → Gothic War (488–493) ⓘ
linked to: War between Odoacer and Theodoric