Theoderic the GreatThe first full scale history of Theoderic and the Goths in more than seventy five years, tracing the transformation of a divided kingdom into a great power In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454526). This engaging history of his life and reign immerses readers in