“The gods were gone, but imperial status remained unchanged –divinus remained a technical term meaning ‘imperial’. The emperor’s position was all the more central in that the Roman empire was regarded as, by definition, always victorious, a belief that survived… — Chris Wickham Copy Share Image
“Augustine, as bishop of Hippo, appointed his monk Antoninus in the 410s to be bishop of a subordinate diocese at Fussala, one of Africa’s… — Chris Wickham Copy Share Image
“Theoderic ruled Italy from Ravenna, the western Roman capital, with a traditional Roman administration, a mixture of senatorial leaders from the city of Rome… — Chris Wickham Copy Share Image
“The gods were gone, but imperial status remained unchanged –divinus remained a technical term meaning ‘imperial’. The emperor’s position was all the more central… — Chris Wickham Copy Share Image
“Roman envoys to Attila’s court in 449 greatly offended the Huns when they said that, although Attila was a man, Theodosius II was a… — Chris Wickham Copy Share Image
“By around 480, as he put it, ‘now that the old degrees of official rank are swept away . . . the only token… — Chris Wickham Copy Share Image
