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Auteur(s) : Heather, Peter J. (1960-....)
Titre(s) : The restoration of Rome [Texte imprimé] : barbarian popes and imperial pretenders / Peter Heather
Publication : London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVIII- 470 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Comprend : 'A copy of the only empire.' Gens purpura ; A philosopher in purple ; 'The conquerer
of many nations.' 'By the authority of God' ; Sailing to Byzantium ; The Father of
Europe. Christmas Day, 800 ; 'The centre cannot hold' ; Second Coming. Charles the
Great and Leo the Pope ; Habemus papam : papal lift-off ; The godfather (part 3).
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-456) and index
"In 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as "Augustulus" was deposed by a barbarian
general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the imperial vestments
dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman empire in Western Europe,
its territories divided among successor kingdoms constructed around barbarian military
manpower. But, if the Roman Empire was dead, Romans across the old empire still lived,
holding on to their lands, the values of their civilization, and their institutions.
The conquering barbarians, witnessing the continuing psychological dominance of Rome,
were ready to reignite the imperial flame and enjoy the benefits of its civilization.
As Peter Heather shows in dazzling biographical portraits, each of the three greatest
contenders--Theoderic, Justinian, and Charlemagne--operated with a different power
base but was astonishingly successful in his own way. Though each in turn managed
to put back together enough of the old Roman West to stake a plausible claim to the
Western imperial title, none of their empires long outlived their founders' deaths.
Not until the reinvention of the papacy in the eleventh century would Europe's barbarians
find the means to establish a new Roman Empire, one that has lasted a thousand years"
Sujet(s) : Théodoric I (0454?-0526 ; roi des Ostrogoths)
Justinien Ier (0482-0565 ; empereur de Byzance)
Charlemagne (0742-0814 ; empereur d'Occident)
Rome -- 3e-6e siècle (Grandes invasions)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199368518 (hardback). - ISBN 0199368511 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44316509p
Notice n° :
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