Person

Athalaric

King of the Ostrogoths in Italy

b. 516 CE – d. 534 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Athalaric (516 – 2 October 534) is the King of the Ostrogoths in Italy.

He is a son of Eutharic and Amalasuntha.

His maternal grandfather is Theoderic the Great.

He succeeds his grandfather as king in 526.