Grandson of Berimund of the Amal dynasty, called to Italy by Theoderic the Great in AD 515 and married to Amalasuntha in order to secure the succession (Iord. Get. 298). He was later adopted by Justin as his son-at-arms, received Roman citizenship; at the assumption of his consulate in 519 ─ on the occasion of which Cassiodorus had written a speech (MGH AA 12,465ff.) and probably also compiled his chronicle ─, he was called Flavius E. Cillica (CIL VI 32003). When he responded rigourously to religiou…
Eutharicus, Eutharic(142 words)
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Meier, Mischa (Bielefeld) and Strothmann, Meret (Bochum), “Eutharicus, Eutharic”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e407160>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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