When Padway arrives, Italy is ruled by the Ostrogoths, a Germanic tribe which has recently overthrown the Western Roman Empire, but which rules with benevolence, allowing freedom of religion and maintaining the urban Roman society they had conquered.
Italy is ruled by the Ostrogoths. Padway arrives. The Ostrogoths are a Germanic tribe. This Germanic tribe has recently overthrown the Western Roman Empire, but which rules with benevolence, allowing freedom of religion and maintaining the urban Roman society. They had conquered the urban Roman society.