Quest for Power

Ildibad the Savior, King of the Ostrogoths.

Upon taking the throne in 540, Ildibad had to grapple with the challenge of restoring his kingdom despite only having two cities left which were encircled by Roman territories. Find out how he capitalized on the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian’s arrogance in order to save the Ostrogothic Kingdom from utter destruction. Stay until the end to hear about one of the craziest deeds a monarch has attempted!

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Vitiges the Unlucky, King of the Ostrogoths

Vitiges must have felt like He was God’s personal punching bag. While he was inheriting the Ostrogothic kingdom, which was the brink of collapse, his new adversary, Belisarius is leaving a path of destruction in his wake to reconquer Italy. Just when Vitiges achieves a victory against Rome, a massive undetected force thunders down the Alps, and wipes out everything in its path. Listen to one of history’s forgotten series of unfortunate events!

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Theodahad the Forgotten, of House Amali, King of Italy and the Ostrogoths

Theodahad's rule wasn’t off to the best start. His co-ruler Amalasuntha was mysteriously strangled to death in her bath house under house arrest, which gave the vulture Emperor Justinian his needed excuse to invade the Ostrogothic Kingdom. Hear how Theodahad respond to an invasion by the most powerful military in 6th century Europe.

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We are reviewing our first Queen! It’s pretty hard to follow up the reign of someone who is known as “The Great” to history. It’s much harder to do that as a woman in a male dominated warrior society during the dark ages. Witness how Amalasuntha navigates the dangerous game of thrones while raising a king in the shadow of her father Theodoric the Great.

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Theodoric the Great, Kingslayer, King of Italy, Ostrogoths, & Romans

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one way to describe Theodoric. He coldly murders an entire allied faction without remorse but then becomes one of the most tolerant and enlightened kings in history.

Hear how a scared little boy who is held hostage in the great Court of Constantinople grows up to be a fierce warrior and a savvy political player in the deadly game of power in Europe.

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Flavius Odovacar, First of His Name, Conqueror of Rome, King of Italy

Odovacar is famously known as the man who officially destroyed the Western Roman Empire, but very few know what happens after that. Witness the power struggle that unfolds after what is perceived in history as the collapse of civilization.

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Kneel before Attila the Hun, Scourge of God, Destroyer of Civilizations, King and Chieftain of the Hunnic Empire

The Romans labeled him as The Scourge of God. The mighty warrior king who roamed the vast plains of Europe like a predator stalking his prey. He was a man of immense power and influence, feared and revered in equal measure by his enemies and his own people. His name struck terror into the hearts of all who heard it, for he was the embodiment of devastation and destruction.

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Gelimer, First of His Name, the Usurper, King of the Alans and Vandals

After Hilderic managed to successfully irritate all the powerful Vandal nobles around him, his cousin, Gelimer took advantage of the situation and overthrew him in the dead of night.

Unfortunately for Gelimer, Hilderic had a powerful friend named Justinian who ruled the mighty Eastern Roman Empire that didn’t appreciate his friend being dethroned. Witness a series of questionable decisions that leads to the extinction of the once feared Vandal Kingdom.

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Hilderic, First of His Name, the Antagonist, King of the Alans and Vandals

Want to see what it’s like to make every decision with the sole intention of irritating everyone powerful around you? We witness the beginning of the end for the Vandal Kingdom in this devasting roast of Hilderic’s reign.

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Thrasamund, First of His Name, the Peaceful Persecutor, King of the Alani and Vandals

After the unremarkable King Huneric died from worms eating him from the inside out, his nephew Gunthamund was crowned King. He did not irritate the Romans or any of the other Vandal rivals enough for them to write about his reign in detail.

After an unfortunate “hunting accident”, Gaiseric’s grandson Thrasamund succeeds him on the Visigothic throne. In addition to being partially responsible for the death of the Visigothic King Alaric II in an odd way, he takes a unique approach in his attempts to get the heretical Nicene Christians to convert to the Vandal state sponsored Arian Christianity.

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