History of the Goths in Italy

The humanist Petrus Alcyonius (c. 1487-1527) records in his treatise On exile that the cardinal John de Medici (the future pope Leo X) had encountered a treatise, in Greek, De rebus a Gothis in Italia gestis. The book mentioned that Attila had banned the use of Latin in Italy and had sent out teachers of Gothic. It is likely that it refers to Totila (d. 552). The work may have been a history of the Ostrogothic kingdom. Alternatively, It may have started with Alaric. In the latter case, the history may have covered also Attila. Schmidt (1934: 433) considers it a humanist fake.