His body and tomb were destroyed in an anti-Arian purge. After securing his rule with victories at Nonsa, Verona, and Adige, he instituted a public works program that included a revival of the Pontine Marshes reclamation project, which had lay abandoned since the time of Trajan.
His body and tomb were destroyed in an anti-Arian purge. After securing his rule with victories at Nonsa, Verona, and Adige, he instituted a public works program that included a revival of the Pontine Marshes reclamation project, which had lay abandoned since the time of Trajan. Other achievements included a 512 edict ending separate laws for Gothic and Roman nations and the commissioning of a history of the Goths written by Cassiodorus, his secretary at Ravenna. He was brought to power by the Byzantine emperor Zeno, who moved eastern forces into Italy after this man's death. For ten points, name this Ostrogoth king who overthrew Odoacer.
His body and tomb were destroyed in an anti-Arian purge. After securing his rule with victories at Nonsa, Verona, and Adige, he instituted a public works program that included a revival of the Pontine Marshes reclamation project, which had lay abandoned since the time of Trajan.
Theodoric the Great [or Dietrich of Berne]