Conflict: Barbarian Wars
Combatants: Ostrogoths vs. Italians (Romans)
Location: Italy
Outcome: Ostrogoth victory
Marching out to meet the Ostrogoths invading his Italian Kingdom, Odoacer, who had deposed the last Roman Emperor, was defeated by the Theodoric near the Isonzo River. Odoacer and his Italians fell back to Verona, but Theodoric pursued and again defeated the Italian army. Again, Odoacer was forced to withdraw; now to Ravenna.
Points of Interest:
Odoacer would defeat Theodoric at Faenza in 490, but then had to divide his army due an invasion of Burgundians and Visigoths in Liguria.
In 493, Odoacer agreed to share rule of Italy with Theodoric, but the Ostrogoth murdered Odoacer shortly thereafter.
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Sources:
Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. (1992). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books (HarperCollins).
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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