Theoderic the Great Quotes

“On one of their raids, they destroyed the monastery that Benedict of Nursia had founded on Monte Cassino”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Alboin himself, however, was killed in 572, and his successor, Cleph, was murdered two years later.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Verona and Milan fell to them in 569; Ticinum, in 572.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“the Alps and brought northern Italy under their control.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Only a few years after Justinian’s death, the Lombards, led by their king, Alboin,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“sent to Ravenna from Constantinople;”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“He had Italy managed by a praetorian prefect”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Senators who had hoped that Justinian would treat Italy as the Byzantines’ equal, as the Western Roman Empire, were quickly disillusioned.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Rome and Milan were in ruins.”
― 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

“and he promised senators free access to the imperial court.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“gave civic notables and bishops the right to elect their provincial governors,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Justinian again limited the jurisdiction of military courts,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“the salaries of the professors of grammar, rhetoric, medicine, and law.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“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

“Justinian also confirmed the privileges of Rome:”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“The Battle of Sena Gallica was the last major naval battle in the Mediterranean for a century,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“THE HORRIFIC END: TOTILA AND TEIA (541–552)”
― 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

“flashed before their eyes as a warning.”
― 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

“the unauthorized proclamation of an emperor in the west would, moreover, have been highly unlikely to end the war with the Byzantine Empire.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“militates in favor of the latter interpretation;”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“The fact that Procopius describes the position that Theoderic and Vitigis held in similar terms”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Belisarius could now begin to besiege Ravenna, which was invested from both sides.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Thus began Justinian’s war against the Gothic kingdom in Italy in June 535,”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“Their families stayed behind in North Africa; the women were forced to marry soldiers of the emperor.”
― Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

“The history of the kingdom of the Vandals in North Africa was over.”
― 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

“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