called the Great. ?454–526 ad, king of the Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy after his murder of Odoacer (493)
Theodoric in American English
(θiˈɑdərɪk)
a.d. 454?-526; king of the Ostrogoths (474-526)
Word origin
LL Theodoricus, altered (after Theodorus, Theodore) < Goth *Thiudoreiks < thiuda, folk, akin to OHG thioda (see Deutschland) + reiks, ruler, leader: for IE base see right