from Southern Scandinavia some time before the time of

Christ. By the third century, the Goths had settled in the

areas around the Black Sea. Those who settled in the area

of the modern Ukraine came to be known as Ostrogoths. The

Goths were divided into Ostrogoths and Visigoths. The name

"Ostrogoths" means "the Eastern Goths." The Ostrogoths

developed a huge empire north of the Black Sea. These Goths

caused a lot of trouble during the third century.

The Ostrogoths invasions helped them move farther into

the Roman Empire. They invaded such people as the

Burgundians on the Main River, the Saxons on the Weser, the

Lombards in Silesia, and other tribes. By the end of the

third century, there wasn't much difference between

When the Huns came into Europe about 370 AD, many of

the Ostrogoths were conquered and made to help their

conquerors. They joined Atilla the Hun in his battle

against Gaul in 451, and many of them were killed by the

Visigoths at the Battle of Chalons. The Ostrogoths remained

under the Hunnic Empire's rule for eighty ye

the Great." He reigned from 493 to 526 AD. He died in 526

known of the Ostrogoths. It is certain that the vast

was Theodoric. Theodoric was sent to Italy in 488 to attack

Odoacer, a German usurper, in 489. The Eastern Emperor,

truly ironic name and sent the imperial paraphernalia to

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