- Carolingian Frontiers: Italy and Beyond
- A cura di Maddalena Betti, Francesco Borri, Stefano Gasparri
Waiting for the barbarians: the frontiers of the Ostrogothic Kingdom during the reign of Theoderic
- Marco Cristini
- © 2024 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0416-3.07
Several letters written by Cassiodorus deal with Ostrogothic borders, describing the forts that guarded the Alpine passes, discussing the administration of frontier areas or lingering on the virtues and the vices of the people who inhabited them. The evidence provided by the Variae indicates that frontiers were a crucial part of the Ostrogothic Kingdom during the reign of Theoderic, not only because they were the gates of Italy and had to be garrisoned to prevent hostile incursions, but also because they became a cornerstone of his political communication, stressing the difference between “Romanized” Goths and the “savage” tribes who lived beyond the Alps.
- Keywords:
- 5th–6th centuries,
- Italian frontiers,
- Ostrogoths,
- Theoderic,
- Cassiodorus,
- Variae,
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-9629-5119
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Titolo del capitolo
Waiting for the barbarians: the frontiers of the Ostrogothic Kingdom during the reign of Theoderic
Autori
Marco Cristini
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0416-3.07
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Anno di pubblicazione
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Carolingian Frontiers: Italy and Beyond
Curatori
Maddalena Betti, Francesco Borri, Stefano Gasparri
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
354
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0416-3
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979-12-215-0415-6
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979-12-215-0416-3
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Reti Medievali E-Book
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2704-6362
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2704-6079