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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Arnold, Jonathan J. (1980-....)
Titre(s) : Theoderic and the Roman imperial restoration [Texte électronique] / Jonathan J. Arnold, University of Tulsa
Publication : New York, NY USA : Cambridge University Press, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xii, 340 pages)
Note(s) : "This book provides a new interpretation of the fall of the Roman Empire and the "barbarian"
kingdom known conventionally as Ostrogothic Italy. Relying primarily on Italian textual
and material evidence, and in particular the works of Cassiodorus and Ennodius, Jonathan
J. Arnold argues that contemporary Italo-Romans viewed the Ostrogothic kingdom as
the Western Roman Empire and its "barbarian" king, Theoderic (r. 489/93-526), as its
emperor. Investigating conceptions of Romanness, Arnold explains how the Roman past,
both immediate and distant, allowed Theoderic and his Goths to find acceptance in
Italy as Romans, with roles essential to the Empire's perceived recovery. Theoderic
and the Roman Imperial Restoration demonstrates how Theoderic's careful attention
to imperial traditions, good governance, and reconquest followed by the re-Romanization
of lost imperial territories contributed to contemporary sentiments of imperial resurgence
and a golden age. There was no need for Justinian to restore the Western Empire: Theoderic
had already done so"--
Sujet(s) : Théodoric I (0454?-0526 ; roi des Ostrogoths)
Ostrogoths -- Italie -- Histoire
Italie -- 476-774
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107732278
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44342694p
Notice n° :
FRBNF44342694
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I. An Empire Turned Upside-Down. 1. Ennodius the Ligurian ; 2. Cassiodorus the
Calabrian -- Part II. Emperor Theoderic. 3. Princeps romanus ; 4. The Imperial image
-- Part III. Italo-Romans and Roman Goths. 5. Men of Mars ; 6. Rex genitus, vir inlustris
-- Part IV. Italia felix. 7. Italy revived ; 8. Rome rejuvenated -- Part V. Renovatio
Imperii. 9. Becoming post-Roman ; 10. Gallia felix -- Epilogue.