- Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy
- A cura di Fabrizio Oppedisano
The Imperial Image of Theoderic: the Case of the Regisole of Pavia
- Carlo Ferrari
- © 2022 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.07
The contribution intends to retrace the history of Pavia’s famous equestrian statue, known as the “Regisole”, destroyed in 1796. The statue, in gilded bronze, represented a Roman emperor and was transferred from Rome to Ravenna, most likely by Theoderic. At a certain point, probably between the eighth and tenth centuries, the Regisole arrived in Pavia, even if it is difficult to establish who was responsible for that. The most logical solution is to attribute the transfer of the monument to a Lombard king, specifically to Aistulf, who conquered Ravenna in 751. It is possible to argue that by transferring the Regisole – which was believed to represent Theoderic – to the capital of the Lombard kingdom, Aistulf intended to promote an imperial image of himself, at a time when the conquest of the Exarchate raised him to the rank of “new Theoderic”.
- Keywords:
- Early Middle Ages,
- Ravenna,
- Pavia,
- Theoderic,
- Aistulf,
- Regisole,
University of Pisa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3968-4687
Informazioni sul capitolo
Titolo del capitolo
The Imperial Image of Theoderic: the Case of the Regisole of Pavia
Autori
Carlo Ferrari
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.07
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Informazioni bibliografiche
Titolo del libro
Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy
Sottotitolo del libro
Survivals, revivals, ruptures
Curatori
Fabrizio Oppedisano
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
262
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-663-6
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-664-3
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-666-7
Collana
Reti Medievali E-Book
ISSN della collana
2704-6362
e-ISSN della collana
2704-6079