Hans-Ulrich Wiemer > Quotes

“henceforth, the emperor himself would pay for the distribution of food; the maintenance of public buildings;”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“and Germania II (capital: Cologne); Reims and Châlons; and eastern Aquitania; he resided in Reims.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“language in particular created a barrier between Goths and Romans.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“who had withdrawn from court in 527, to the office of praetorian prefect of Italy,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“This request, however, was not granted.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“could thus gain a mark of distinction that translated into social capital without ever having had to weather the rigors of office.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Theoderic had come to know this complicated status system in his youth,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Slaves who managed estates on their masters’ behalf were wealthier and more influential”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“half of a field was always left fallow;”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“an account of an Eastern Roman delegation that visited Attila in 449 happens to survive.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“the Euphrates, which had been destroyed by Christians, should be rebuilt is only the most famous example.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“spent his life with the lowest rank, that of vir clarissimus, no matter whether he had ancestors who had been viri illustres.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“to prevent these men from evading these obligations,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“curials), and craftsmen were obligated to perform specific duties (munera) for the state;”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Theodosius the Great and”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“in 533, she appointed Cassiodorus,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“The Goths in Italy wanted to avoid losing their families and possessions at all costs;”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Anyone who did not hold office in the royal administration and was not raised by the king personally to vir spectabilis,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“The fate of the Vandal warriors who were deported to the East to serve as mere mercenaries against the Persians”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“hence the Roman moralist added that when adultery occurred among the Germani,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“that would last until the year 519;”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“he possessed all the virtues a ruler needed, although his legitimacy was dubious.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Long after Justinian’s death in 565, the entire administration of Italy was de facto under the control of Narses.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“In the Vita of bishop Epiphanius of Ticinum, Ennodius describes Odoacer as the instrument of the devil.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Even if the Homoeans did not call Jesus a mere mortal man as the Jews did,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“that were predicated on the rule that peasants (coloni) were not permitted to leave their farmsteads:”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Odoacer was a Homoean;”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Then there were the Breones, a warlike tribe based in Tyrol; they controlled the Brenner Pass and were impossible to disarm.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Arian Baptistry”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Finley also dated the proliferation of dependent peasants to the Later Roman Empire”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans