Amalasuntha
Also recorded as Amalasuentha · Amalasontha
Amalasuntha
Hermann Knackfuß · Zimmermann, Wilhelm: Illustrirte Geschichte des deutschen Volkes, Volume 1. Stuttgart, Verlag von Gustav Weise, 1873 (2nd edition). Online · Public domain
- Born
- 498. · Ravenna.
- Died
- 535. · Isola Martana.
- Nationality
- Ostrogothic Kingdom.
- Occupation
- politician and writer.
- Languages
- Latin.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Amalasuentha and Amalasontha. Her recorded language was Latin. Her recorded confession was Arianism. She was the child of Theodoric the Great and Audofleda. She married Eutharic. 2 children are recorded: Athalaric and Matasuntha.
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498
Amalasuntha born at Ravenna.
535
Amalasuntha died at Isola Martana.
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Ravenna.
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Isola Martana.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 11633018X, Rantzau-Breitenburg, Amalasuntha.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q371670: Amalasuntha
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- 1.Detail :: Last Statues of Antiquity.
- 2.The name is also spelled Amalasuentha, Amalaswintha, Amalasuntha, Amalswinthe, Amalasontha, Amalasiuntha, and Amalsenta.
- 3.Amalasuntha in the Encyclopædia Britannica
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- 6.FamilyTreeDNA - Genetic Testing for Ancestry, Family History & Genealogy. www.familytreedna.com.
- 7.Vitiello, Massimiliano. Theohadad: A Platonic King at the Collapse of Ostrogothic Italy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 34. 2014. 978-1-4426-4783-1.
- 8.Lawler, Jennifer. Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle Ages. McFarland. 15–16. 2018-01-16. 978-1-4766-0111-3.
- 9.Frye, David. Athalaric's Health and the Ostrogothic Character. Byzantion. 65. 1. 249–251. 1995. 0378-2506.
- 10.Vitiello, Massimiliano. Amalasuintha. University of Pennsylvania Press. 23. 2017. 9780812249477.
- 11.Oxford University Press. Amalasuntha. January 2005. 978-0-19-518792-2.
- 12.Procopius. The wars of Justinian. Hackett Publishing Company. 256. 2014. 978-1-62466-170-9.
- 13.Arnold, Jonathan J. A companion to Ostrogothic Italy. Brill. 34. 2016. 978-90-04-31376-7.
- 14.Amory, Patrick. People and identity in ostrogothic Italy, 489-554. Cambridge University Press. 160. 1997. 978-0-521-57151-7.
- 15.Heather, Peter J. Rome resurgent: war and empire in the age of Justinian. Oxford University Press. 143. 2018. 978-0-19-936275-2.
- 16.Amalasuntha. 777.
- 17.Vitiello, Massimiliano. Amalasuintha: the transformation of queenship in the post-Roman world. University of Pennsylvania Press. 161. 2017. 978-0-8122-4947-7.
- 18.Potter, David Stone. Theodora: actress, empress, saint. Oxford University Press. 164. 2015. 978-0-19-974076-5.
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- 20.Foss, C. The Empress Theodora. Byzantion. 72. 1. 162. 2002. 0378-2506.
- 21.Potter, D. S. Theodora: actress, empress, saint. Oxford University Press. 139. 2015. 978-0-19-974076-5.
- 22.Foss, C. The Empress Theodora. Byzantion. 72. 1. 171–172. 2002. 0378-2506.
- 23.Potter, David Stone. Theodora: actress, empress, saint. Oxford University Press. 32–33. 2015. 978-0-19-974076-5.
- 24.Grierson, P. Election and Inheritance in Early Germanic Kingship. The Cambridge Historical Journal. 7. 1. 1–22. 1941. 10.1017/S1474691300003425.
- 25.Foote, David. Reviewed Work: Il principe, il filosofo, il guerriero: Lineamenti di pensiero politico nell'Italia ostrogota by Massimiliano Vitiell. Mediaevistik. 22. 2009. 42586872.
- 26.Vitiello, Massimiliano. Amalasuintha The Transformation of Queenship in the Post-Roman World. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1. 2017. 9780812249477.
- 27.Poezii Romanesti. www.romanianvoice.com. August 2022.
- 28.The Last Roman (1968) - IMDb. August 2022.
- 29.Schmadel, Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. 63. 2012. 978-3642297182.
- 30.Halamski, Adam T. Contribution à l'étude des renoncules tête d'or (Ranunculus auricomus aggr.) de la Poméranie polonaise. Trois espèces nouvelles des environs de Darłowo et Sławno. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 93. 7–8. 169–205. 2024. 2554-5280.
- 31.Ranunculus amalasuinthae International Plant Names Index. beta.ipni.org.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Craddock, Jonathan Paul. Amalasuintha: Ostrogothic Successor, A.D. 526–535. California State University, Long Beach. 1996. 36022347.
- Vitiello, Massimiliano. Amalasuintha: The Transformation of Queenship in the Post-Roman World. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2018. 978-0-8122-4947-7.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 11633018X, Rantzau-Breitenburg, Amalasuntha.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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