This article deals with the continental Ostrogoths. For information on the Ostrogoths that Jordanes placed in Scandinavia, see Östergötland, Scandza and Gotlanders. The Ostrogoths (Greuthung, Gleaming Goths or Eastern Goths), along with the Visigoths (Noble Goths or Western Goths) were branches of the Goths, an EastGermanic tribe that played a major role in the political events of the late Roman Empire.
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