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1. Collapse, Decay, Or Transformation? The Fall Of The Roman Empire In Modern Historiography 1. Collapse, Decay, Or Transformation? The Fall Of The Roman Empire In Modern Historiography
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2. Crisis And Retreat: The Last Emperors In The West 2. Crisis And Retreat: The Last Emperors In The West
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3. A Barbarian As Ruler Of Italy: King Odoacer (476–493) 3. A Barbarian As Ruler Of Italy: King Odoacer (476–493)
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4Close. A Struggle For Ravenna: Theoderic Vs. Odoacer (489–493) 4Close. A Struggle For Ravenna: Theoderic Vs. Odoacer (489–493)
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5 The Path West: The Conquest Of Italy
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Published:July 2023
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Abstract
This chapter traces the history behind the conquest of Italy and its shift from emperors to barbarian kings. The chapter begins by studying the fall of the Western Roman Empire and how it is understood in Western historiography. Scholars of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries unabashedly described this process as the “decline of the ancient world” when they wanted to indicate that its consequences extended far beyond the political, and the chapter considers the implications behind this and similar wording. Next, it examines the last emperors of the Western Roman Empire, before chronicling the rise of Odoacer as the new ruler of Italy. The chapter considers the particulars of his reign as well as his continually tenuous relationship with the Eastern Roman emperor. Finally, the chapter chronicles the struggle between Odoacer and Theoderic.
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