Ostrogoths Archive
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Projecting Power in Sixth-Century Rome: The church of Santi Cosma e Damiano in the late antique Forum Romanum
Posted on December 4, 2013 | No CommentsIn the year 526 CE, the bishop of Rome, Pope Felix IV, petitioned the Ostrogoth king Theoderic for permission to convert a small complex in the Forum Romanum into a place of worship dedicated to the Saints Cosmas and Damian...This paper critiques traditional interpretations of this church—its physical location and its apse mosaic—in light of new research that nuances our understanding of the historical context in which it was commissioned. -
Was Theoderic a Great Builder?
Posted on November 10, 2013 | No CommentsOr was he a great recycler? -
The Death Toll of Justinian’s Plague and Its Effects on the Byzantine Empire
Posted on April 4, 2013 | No CommentsIn 541 a plague arrived in Egypt and rapidly began to spread. The following account of the beginning of the plague, while clearly an exaggeration still shows the impact of the disease. -
West versus East: the Sixth Century Literary Sources and Justinian’s Wars
Posted on November 6, 2012 | No CommentsMost scholars of the Byzantine empire have given an important role to Justinian's invasion of Italy during the sixth century - it has been envisioned as a grand reconquest of the West by the East. -
Codex Argenteus and political ideology in the Ostrogothic kingdom
Posted on July 15, 2012 | No CommentsOne of the most intriguing manuscripts of late Antiquity, the early-6th - century Codex Argenteus, combines elements typical of lavish Greek and Latin bibles with yet another significant aspect. -
The Roman elite and the power of the past: continuity and change in Ostrogothic Italy
Posted on March 25, 2012 | No CommentsThis thesis examines the changes forced upon the Roman elite in the evolving political climate of Ostrogothic Italy. -
Byzantines, Goths and Lombards in Italy: Jewellery, Dress and Cultural Interactions
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe temptation is naturally to seek differences or contrasts from one power to another, to reinforce the conflict and tension identified in contemporary historians. -
Theoderic, the Goths, and the Restoration of the Roman Empire
Posted on October 13, 2011 | No CommentsTheoderic, the Goths, and the Restoration of the Roman Empire By Jonathan J. Arnold PhD Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2008 Abstract: This dissertation places “Ostrogothic Italy,” conventionally seen as a... -
The role of the nobility in the creation of Gallo-Frankish society in the late fifth and sixth centuries AD
Posted on October 9, 2011 | No CommentsThe role of the nobility in the creation of Gallo-Frankish society in the late fifth and sixth centuries AD Wood, Catrin Mair Lewis PhD Thesis, University of Nottingham (2002) Abstract The... -
The Ostrogoths in Italy
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No CommentsThe Ostrogoths in Italy By Biagio Saitta Polis: Revista de ideas y formas políticas de la Antigüedad Clásica, Vol. 11 (1999) Introduction: The attempt at Roman-Germanic cohabitation which Odoacer (Odovacar)... -
The Edictum Theoderici: A Study of a Roman Legal Document from Ostrogothic Italy
Posted on May 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe Edictum Theoderici: A Study of a Roman Legal Document from Ostrogothic Italy By Sean D.W. Lafferty PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 2010 Abstract: This is a study of a...
