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Ostrogoths

Germanic people of late antiquity
Intangible historical_ethnic_group Q103122
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Summary

Ostrogoths is a historical ethnic group[1]. Ostrogoths ranks in the top 5% of historical ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,380 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Goths[3]
  • Commons category: Ostrogoths[4]
  • Has part(s): Greuthungi[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ostrogoths[6]
  • Commons gallery: Ostrogoths[7]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Pauly–Wissowa[12]
  • Participant in: Siege of Pavia[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

Ostrogoths has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Ostrogoths is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Theodoric the Great

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → historical ethnic group
    Subclass of → Goths
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: tribe"
  2. 4w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM492814
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM492814, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    Participant in → Siege of Pavia
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 21877, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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