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Totila
Totila, original name Baduila, was the penultimate King of the Ostrogoths, reigning from 541 to 552. A skilled military and political leader, Totila reversed the tide of the Gothic War, recovering by 543 almost all the territories in Italy that the Eastern Roman Empire had captured from the Ostrogothic Kingdom in 540.
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politics · King of the Ostrogoths from 541 to 552 · monarch · also Totila, Baduila, Baduila, -552, Totila, Gotenkönig, -552, Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, d. 552
Born 0510 · Died 0552 · Q159707
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 10,586 Wikipedia readers in one day, 108× the usual 98, with 5 article edits. Editors noted: This wording feels better seeing as he wasn't king in 540
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MutualArt.com: Albert Tótila
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0552· 1 entry
Died 0552.
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0541· 1 entry
Career landmark: King of the Ostrogoths (0541–0552).
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Born 0510.
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