Roman Aristocrats In Barbarian Gaul
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Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul
Author | : Ralph Whitney Mathisen |
Publsiher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2013-08-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780292758070 |
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Skin-clad barbarians ransacking Rome remains a popular image of the "decline and fall" of the Roman Empire, but why, when, and how the Empire actually fell are still matters of debate among students of classical history. In this pioneering study, Ralph W. Mathisen examines the "fall" in one part of the western Empire, Gaul, to better understand the shift from Roman to Germanic power that occurred in the region during the fifth century AD Mathisen uncovers two apparently contradictory trends. First, he finds that barbarian settlement did provoke significant changes in Gaul, including the disappearance of most secular offices under the Roman imperial administration, the appropriation of land and social influence by the barbarians, and a rise in the overall level of violence. Yet he also shows that the Roman aristocrats proved remarkably adept at retaining their rank and status. How did the aristocracy hold on? Mathisen rejects traditional explanations and demonstrates that rather than simply opposing the barbarians, or passively accepting them, the Roman aristocrats directly responded to them in various ways. Some left Gaul. Others tried to ignore the changes wrought by the newcomers. Still others directly collaborated with the barbarians, looking to them as patrons and holding office in barbarian governments. Most significantly, however, many were willing to change the criteria that determined membership in the aristocracy. Two new characteristics of the Roman aristocracy in fifth-century Gaul were careers in the church and greater emphasis on classical literary culture. These findings shed new light on an age in transition. Mathisen's theory that barbarian integration into Roman society was a collaborative process rather than a conquest is sure to provoke much thought and debate. All historians who study the process of power transfer from native to alien elites will want to consult this work.
Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul
Author | : Ralph W. Mathisen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : 0292758065 |
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Social Mobility in Late Antique Gaul
Author | : Allen E. Jones |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2009-07-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521762397 |
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Barbarian Gaul -- Evidence and control -- Social structure I : hierarchy, mobility and aristocracies -- Social structure II : free and servile ranks -- The passive poor : prisoners -- The active poor : pauperes at church -- Healing and authority I : physicians -- Healing and authority II : enchanters
Fifth Century Gaul
Author | : John Drinkwater,Hugh Elton |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2002-09-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521529336 |
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A unique collection of papers looking at how the Gallo-Romans reacted to barbarian invasion.
Leo the Great and the Spiritual Rebuilding of a Universal Rome
Author | : Susan Wessel |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2008-11-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789047443100 |
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Leo the Great responded to the crisis of the western empire by replacing secular Rome with a Christian universal Rome that could survive its political demise. His humanitarian theology emphasizing the human nature of Christ made this universal Rome legitimate.
Staying Roman
Author | : Jonathan Conant |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2012-04-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521196970 |
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This is the first systematic study of the changing nature of Roman identity in post-Roman North Africa.
Landscape with Two Saints
Author | : Lisa M. Bitel |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2009-05-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780199714391 |
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Lisa Bitel uses the history of two unique holy women--Genovefa of Paris (ca. 420-509) and Brigit of Kildare (ca.452-524)--to reveal how ordinary Europeans lived through Christianization at the dawn of the Middle Ages. Most converts did not have a sudden epiphany, Bitel argues. Instead they learned and lived their new religion in continuous conversation with preachers, saints, rulers, and neighbors. Together, they built their faith over many years, brick by brick, into their churches and shrines, cemeteries, houses, and even their markets and farms.
Constantius III
Author | : Ian Hughes |
Publsiher | : Pen and Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2022-01-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781526700261 |
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The acclaimed historian “rescues from an undeserved obscurity one of Rome’s emperors . . . A simply fascinating and extraordinary historical study” (Midwest Book Review). Constantius is an important, but almost forgotten, figure. He came to the fore in or around 410 when he was appointed Magister Militum (Master of Troops) to Honorius, the young Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. His predecessor, Stilicho, had been murdered by his own troops and much of Gaul and Hispania had been overrun by barbarians or usurpers. One by one Constantius eliminated the usurpers and defeated or came to terms with the various invading groups. Most notoriously, he allowed the Visigoths to settle in Gaul in return for their help in defeating the Vandals and Alans who had seized parts of Hispania, a decision with far-reaching consequences. Constantius married Honorius’ sister and was eventually proclaimed his co-emperor. However, the Eastern Roman Emperor, Honorius’ nephew, refused to accept his appointment and Constantius was preparing a military expedition to enforce this recognition when he died suddenly, having been emperor for just seven months. Ian Hughes considers his career, assessing his actions in the context of the difficult situation he inherited.