By Massimiliano Vitiello
Educated in Platonic philosophy instead of the army arts, the Ostrogothic king Theodahad used to be by no means intended to rule. His unforeseen nomination as co-regent by way of his cousin Queen Amalasuintha plunged him into the intrigues of the Gothic courtroom, and Theodahad quickly conspired to assassinate the queen. yet, as soon as by myself at the throne, his loss of political adventure and armed forces ability made him useless at most sensible and dangerously incompetent at worst. Defeated by means of the Byzantine emperor Justinian, Theodahad was once killed via his personal subjects.
In Theodahad, Massimiliano Vitiello carefully investigates the traditional resources with the intention to reconstruct the occasions of Theodahad’s lifestyles and the contours of sixth-century international relations and political intrigues. portray an image of an not likely king whose reign helped spell the tip of Ostrogothic Italy, Vitiello’s publication not just illuminates Theodahad’s personal existence but in addition deals new perception into the sixth-century Mediterranean world.
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