Sent as a hostage to Constantinople at the age of seven, he quickly became involved in the court intrigues of Byzantine emperor Zeno.  After becoming consul, he won a succession of decisive victories, including engagements at Isonzo and the Adda.  His reign was troubled by conflicts with Pope John I, primarily because of Justin I's edicts against Arianism, of which this ruler was a believer.  Earlier, he had solidified his claims by besieging and
Sent as a hostage to Constantinople at the age of seven, he quickly became involved in the court intrigues of Byzantine emperor Zeno.  After becoming consul, he won a succession of decisive victories, including engagements at Isonzo and the Adda.  His reign was troubled by conflicts with Pope John I, primarily because of Justin I's edicts against Arianism, of which this ruler was a believer.  Earlier, he had solidified his claims by besieging and taking Ravenna and orchestrating the death of Odoacer.  FTP, name this man who also executed Boethius, the Ostrogoth king of Italy from 493 to 526 AD.
Sent as a hostage to Constantinople at the age of seven, he quickly became involved in the court intrigues of Byzantine emperor Zeno.  
Theodoric the Great