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Theoderic and the Roman Imperial Restoration (Paperback)
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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.
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