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This article deals witha wide concept of freedom as an idea that constitutes communities in Early Middle Ages. The work is split in three parts: a theoretical side, a practical side, ad final conclusions, The first touches upon issues... more
Neste artigo apresentamos um panorama do já longo debate historiográfico a respeito do fim do Império Romano do Ocidente e discutimos seu papel na criação do conceito de “Antiguidade Tardia”. In this article we present a survey of the... more
Experts have recently reported false bronze nummi with large reverse monograms of late Roman Imperial and Ostrogothic leaders. The experts include Alain Gennari and other members of Lamoneta.it, but not the present author. He is simply... more
This study offers a review of the complicated and intractable debates surrounding the question of Gothic identity in Ostrogothic Italy. There are various nuanced approaches, but ultimately there are those who believe that the Goths were a... more
Статья посвящена этапам экспансии киевских князей Рюриковичей от Олега и Игоря до Владимира Святославича. В статье анализируется степень зависимости славянских общностей от державы Рюриковичей в X в. В X в. держава Рюриковичей была... more
There are two objectives behind this article. First, it seeks to trace down the pedigree of a theory described in scholarly discourse as the 'ethnogenesis model'. As is often believed, the theory originally was, essentially, an innovative... more
A b s t r a c t: Historians dealing with the period of the early Middle Ages do not hold a high opinion of Gesalic, the king of the Visigoths. Gesalic is blamed for the defeats they suffered in the war against the Franks and the... more
Historical research is based predominantly on written sources. Without them, we lack a main access to an understanding of the past Germanic cultures; something is true about the saying: Who writes remains! And whoever hasn’t written – and... more
Imperial authority is inextricably linked with Roman coinage. This association acts as a guarantee of quality and of its acceptance as currency. Imperial imagery and administrative codes function as mechanisms of accountability. After the... more
Sample (first page) of an article published in: Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos (Instituto de Estudios Gallegos Padre Sarmiento), 64/130 (2017), pp. 15-48. Please download here the complete file:... more
Writing the Barbarian Past examines the presentation of the non-Roman, pre-Christian past in Latin and vernacular historical narratives composed between c.550 and c.1000: the Gothic histories of Jordanes and Isidore of Seville, the... more
A group of horse tack ornaments, with an engraved or stamped decoration, similar to the mounts discovered at Sösdala, is attested in the “princely” context of the Hun era in Central and Eastern Europe. These are tombs, treasures and... more
This paper offers an overview of the wide range of material culture of 6th and 7th century Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearics), a period covering the Visigothic settlements and expansion as well as the Byzantine reconquest... more
For your interest, regarding the current debate on 'ethnicity', identity and otherness among the Barbarians in the Roman and post-Roman west, we include the full text of the book "Gentes Barbarae '. The book was published in September... more
The aim of this article is to show how “The Narrators of Barbarian History”, according with the well known expression of Walter Goffart, used the paradigm of struggle between vices and virtues to legitimize their own peoples. Jordanes,... more
The article presents an analysis of two narratives of the war between the Lombards and Heruls by Pro-copius of Caesarea and Paul the Deacon. Wprowadzenie Herulowie z pewnością nie należą do tych barbarzyńskich ludów, którym przeznaczone... more
Este trabajo trata de un episodio histórico que ha pasado casi desapercibido en las publicaciones recientes, sumergido quizá por los muchos otros procesos traumáticos que confi guraron el fi n de la Galia romana. Pero a nuestro juicio se... more
La grande vicenda storico-culturale delle invasioni barbariche nell'impero romano, dei definitivi insediamenti barbarici nel territorio imperiale, del tra-monto e della fine dell'impero romano di Occidente, della costituzione dei regni... more
Il seguente lavoro è volto ad analizzare e studiare il fenomeno del duello ordalico presso il popolo dei longobardi, con particolare attenzione alle leggi di re Rotari e a quelle di re Liutprando.
Настоящата статия има за цел да представи някои от най-важните проблеми, свързани с развитието, същността и значението на църквата и религията в Кралството на вандали и алани в Северна Африка по време на управлението на първите двама... more
A reexamination of the story of Attila and Honoria, published in a Festschrift for Walter Kaegi: Christian Raffensperger and David Olster, eds., Radical Traditionalism: The Influence of Walter Kaegi in Late Antique, Byzantine, and... more
One of the most attested realities in the Late Antique world is its violent nature as such circumstance is perceived into the very social relations but also because of the frequent warlike episodes or the perennial criminality. This paper... more
Este trabajo pretende realizar un análisis comparativo de los procesos de imperialización experimentados por el Reino Vándalo bajo Hunerico y Guntamundo (477-96) y por el Reino Visigodo bajo Liuvigildo y Recaredo (569-601). Se determinan... more
The scope of the paper concerns the long-standing debate about the relation between two medieval sources, i. e. the ‘Historia Gothorum’ by Cassiodorus and the ‘Getica’ by Jordanes, and the role of the former in the politics of Theoderic... more
In 500 Amalafrida, Theoderic the Greatʼs sister, went to Africa in order to marry Thrasamund, king of the Vandals. According to Procopius of Caesarea, she was escorted by six thousand armed men. This is one of the few existing numerical... more
Royal treasure (thesaurus) was as important as the kingdom (regnum) itself. All kings, minor or major, had their treasures, carefully stored and guarded. In the written sources, however, their treasures and riches are mentioned mainly in... more
The Historia Gothorum (or De Origine Gothorum) by Isidore of Seville is known to us in two versions-a shorter one written c. 619 during the reign of Sisebut (r. 612-621), and a longer version written c. 624 during the period of Swintila... more
Este artículo repasa las distintas atribuciones del dominus ignotus mencionado en el poema perdido que provocó la caída en desgracia de Draconcio durante la época vándala. Defendemos su identificación con Zenón, y sostenemos que quien le... more
“Patricii, Episcopi, et Sapientes: Le choix des ambassadeurs pendant l’Antiquité tardive dans l’Empire romain et les royaumes barbares,” in A. Becker-Piriou, N. Drocourt, eds., Ambassadeurs et ambassades au cœur des relations... more