Zeno, in attempt to redirect the vexatious …
Years: 488 - 488
Zeno, in attempt to redirect the vexatious Ostrogothic raids on the empire’s western provinces, ends the menace of Theodoric the Amal to the prefecture of Illyricum by ordering or otherwise persuading him in 488 to venture with his Ostrogoths into Italy, overthrow Odoacer, and govern the peninsula in the Emperor's name as King of the Ostrogoths and patrician (noble ruler) of Italy.
Locations
People
Groups
- Goths (East Germanic tribe)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Illyricum, Praetorian prefecture of
- Ostrogoths, Realms of the
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Leonid dynasty
- Odoacer (Italy), Kingdom of
- Italy, Praetorian prefecture of
