Although many squabbles with Constantinople lay ahead, Theodoric was momentarily assured of his acceptability to the Roman establishment. He therefore set about imitating Roman-ness to the full. Although an Arian Christian, he made strenuous efforts to accommodate and respect the Nicene bishops and Church of Rome. He emphasized obedience to Roman law codes, rather than issuing his own, as was the practice in many of the nascent barbarian states of the west, not least the kingdoms of the Franks and Burgundians. Through military campaigns and marriage alliances he secured peace with the Vandals
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