Add to ORKGThis chapter argues that although victory remained absolutely central to royal ideals and imagery, there was a crucial change between the late Roman and the early medieval western worlds. Though key features remained (processions etc.) there was a decisive shift of emphasis towards Christian celebration presided over by the church; towards thanksgiving rather than praise; and towards Old Testament imagery. It is argued that a key phase of this shift took place after the Justinianic wars of the mid-sixth century. This change is explained in terms of the renegotiation of the ideological bases of power caused by Justinian’s wars and the end of the Roman Empire. In this more Christian mode of thought, credit for victory was not appropriately gi...
In 410, Goths under the command of Alaric sacked the ancient city of Rome. This event was significan...
The late third century and the early fourth century in the Roman Empire was a period of profound cha...
The triumphus conferred great military prestige on generals and emperors. Exploiting that prestige f...
This chapter argues that although victory remained absolutely central to royal ideals and imagery, t...
The Late Republic saw transformations of conventions across a wide rangeof political phenomena and r...
This chapter explores several features of early medieval Christianity: the fall of the Roman Empire ...
The Romans had an expectation that every new initiative, and indeed every war, would end in victory,...
Many of the wars of the Late Republic were largely civil conflicts. There was, therefore, a tension ...
Late Antiquity witnessed a dramatic recalibration in the economy of power, and nowhere was this more...
This paper asks whether Justinian's attempt to recover the West during the sixth century was, and to...
Modern western society looks back on the Roman Empire as a model for politics, economics, and social...
Many of the wars of the Late Republican period were largely civil conflicts, and there was thus a te...
In 1979 Averil Cameron published in Past and Present a brilliant and seminal article under the title...
The fifth through the tenth centuries was a period of significant transformation for Europe. As a re...
Examines the fall of the Roman Empire in the West from the barbarian perspective and experience. Sta...
In 410, Goths under the command of Alaric sacked the ancient city of Rome. This event was significan...
The late third century and the early fourth century in the Roman Empire was a period of profound cha...
The triumphus conferred great military prestige on generals and emperors. Exploiting that prestige f...
This chapter argues that although victory remained absolutely central to royal ideals and imagery, t...
The Late Republic saw transformations of conventions across a wide rangeof political phenomena and r...
This chapter explores several features of early medieval Christianity: the fall of the Roman Empire ...
The Romans had an expectation that every new initiative, and indeed every war, would end in victory,...
Many of the wars of the Late Republic were largely civil conflicts. There was, therefore, a tension ...
Late Antiquity witnessed a dramatic recalibration in the economy of power, and nowhere was this more...
This paper asks whether Justinian's attempt to recover the West during the sixth century was, and to...
Modern western society looks back on the Roman Empire as a model for politics, economics, and social...
Many of the wars of the Late Republican period were largely civil conflicts, and there was thus a te...
In 1979 Averil Cameron published in Past and Present a brilliant and seminal article under the title...
The fifth through the tenth centuries was a period of significant transformation for Europe. As a re...
Examines the fall of the Roman Empire in the West from the barbarian perspective and experience. Sta...
In 410, Goths under the command of Alaric sacked the ancient city of Rome. This event was significan...
The late third century and the early fourth century in the Roman Empire was a period of profound cha...
The triumphus conferred great military prestige on generals and emperors. Exploiting that prestige f...