This paper deals with some of Cassiodorus’ letters focused on the relations between Theoderic’s kingdom and the Roman nobility of southern Gaul after the victory against the Franks; in particular, it exami-nes the letters on the appointment of Arcadius Placidus Magnus Felix to the consulship (Var. 2, 1-3), and the letter on the restitution to the spec-tabilis Magnus of the properties he had lost during the war (Var. 3, 18). The contents and rhetorical strategies of these texts strengthen the links between the Ostrogothic present and the Roman past, so that Cassiodo-rus, for the first and only time in the Variae, establishes a full identifica-tion between the Gothic kingdom and the imperium Romanum. These messages must be interpreted both in the light of the external relations of the Ostrogothic kingdom and in the light of the new ties between Italy and the Gallic prefecture.

Teoderico e gli allori dei Magni

Oppedisano, Fabrizio
2023

Abstract

This paper deals with some of Cassiodorus’ letters focused on the relations between Theoderic’s kingdom and the Roman nobility of southern Gaul after the victory against the Franks; in particular, it exami-nes the letters on the appointment of Arcadius Placidus Magnus Felix to the consulship (Var. 2, 1-3), and the letter on the restitution to the spec-tabilis Magnus of the properties he had lost during the war (Var. 3, 18). The contents and rhetorical strategies of these texts strengthen the links between the Ostrogothic present and the Roman past, so that Cassiodo-rus, for the first and only time in the Variae, establishes a full identifica-tion between the Gothic kingdom and the imperium Romanum. These messages must be interpreted both in the light of the external relations of the Ostrogothic kingdom and in the light of the new ties between Italy and the Gallic prefecture.
2023
Settore L-ANT/03 - Storia Romana
Teoderico; Magni; Gallia tardoantica; Cassiodoro;
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