TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arnold,Jonathan J.
TI  - Theoderic and the Roman imperial restoration
SN  - 9781107732278
AV  - DG507 .A76 2014eb
U1  - 945/.01092 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, NY USA
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Theodoric,
KW  - Ostrogoths
KW  - Italy
KW  - History
KW  - Biography
KW  - Goths
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Restorations, Political
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - Italie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Biographies
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Ancient
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Historical
KW  - Europe
KW  - fast
KW  - 476-774
KW  - Rome
KW  - Rome (Empire)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-333) and index; 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
N2  - "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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