In this post we present selected parts of the classic article titled “Byzantine Scholarship“, by Robert Browning (1964). Continue reading “Eastern Roman (“Byzantine”) Scholarship”
Eastern Roman (“Byzantine”) Scholarship
The Ostrogothic Conquest of Italy
After the overthrow of the Hunnic Empire on the field of Nadao in A.D. 454 the Ostrogoths, who had been one of the chief members of that Empire, settled in Pannonia. Now for the first time they settled on the inner side of the Roman frontier. Continue reading “The Ostrogothic Conquest of Italy”
Change of the regal Roman Constitution: The senate becomes the real governing power
The close of the regal period, and the causes which led to the subsequent changes in the Roman constitution, render it necessary for us to revert to the internal state of Rome itself. Three distinct movements agitated the community. Continue reading “Change of the regal Roman Constitution: The senate becomes the real governing power”
Ricimer, Odovacar & the last phantom Emperors in the Roman West – German colonisation of Italy
Even if there had been united councils in Italy, the task of ubiquitous defence would have been beyond the power of the government; but the government went to pieces, and thereby hastened the dismemberment. Continue reading “Ricimer, Odovacar & the last phantom Emperors in the Roman West – German colonisation of Italy”
The contribution which the Vandals made to the shaping of Europe
The collapse of the Huns at the battle of Nedao (A.D. 454) was immediately followed by the settlement of the Ostrogoths in Pannonia, from which they were soon to repeat, in some sort, the part of their old brethren the Visigoths and assist in the disintegration of Roman dominion. Continue reading “The contribution which the Vandals made to the shaping of Europe”
The rise of the Saracen – The Roman Empire loses Syria, Palestine and Egypt to the Arabs
After the peace of 628 the Roman and the Persian Empires, drained of men and money, and ravaged from end to end by each others marauding armies, sank down in exhaustion to heal them of their deadly wounds. Continue reading “The rise of the Saracen – The Roman Empire loses Syria, Palestine and Egypt to the Arabs”
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