Search results for " Theodosius"
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Eudocia Augusta: fra leggenda, politica e religione
2016
La complessa personalità di Eudocia emerge nelle fonti come figura emblematica ed al tempo stesso peculiare, in cui interagiscono le componenti politica, religiosa, culturale della sua epoca. La ricostruzione della sua vicenda biografica, in alcuni casi dagli intrecci romanzeschi, dal matrimonio con Teodosio II alla caduta in disgrazia e al ritiro in Terra santa, apre una prospettiva di lettura sull’età di Teodosio. Legami familiari e rapporti di amicizia con uomini di spicco della corte la inseriscono nella rete politica del palazzo, di cui infine cade vittima. La sua produzione letteraria riflette la commistione fra cultura classica e finalità pubbliche o religiose delle opere, segnando l…
L'usurpazione di Giovanni: la ricerca della legittimazione, la vittoria sul tyrannus
2020
John’s usurpation: the pursuit of legitimacy, the victory over the tyrannus · In November 423, three months after the death of Honorius, the usurper John was proclaimed em- peror in Rome. He had been primicerius notariorum at the court of Ravenna and his elevation was made by the members of the aulé, as Procopius reports. Neverthless, the sources are not agreed: Malala says that John was a synkletikoi and ruled supported by the synkletikoi The literary and numismatic evidence shows that John aspired to recognition as lawful sovereign in the two parts of the Empire. Theodosius restored order and legitimacy to the West with the military intervention and the proclamation of Valentinian III as…
Filostorgio fra storia ecclesiastica e storia profana (on B. Bleckmann and M. Stein, edd. Philostorgios Kirchengeschichte. Band 1: Einleitung, Text u…
2018
Discussione del volume Bruno Bleckmann and Markus Stein, edd. Philostorgios Kirchengeschichte. Band 1: Einleitung, Text und Übersetzung. Band 2: Kommentar. Kleine und fragmentarische Historiker der Spätantike, E 7. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2015. Pp. lxxiv + 1,057.
Al-Gaziratu al-Siqilliyya: tradizione e cultura della Sicilia arabo-islamica
2020
This piece examines the historical transition in the so-caled Jazirat al-Siqilliyya region from the Christian Bizantine tradition to the Islamic one, passing throught literary, geographical and philosophical masterpieces. The linguistic and cultural diversity will emerge from the texts of the Arab geographers, who visited that area in the XIth century, as well as from the production of philological and grammatical manuals developed to correct the Sicilian population speaking Arabic, the language of the new rulers. The work will also analyze the Norman era, witnessing both the dismissal of the Islamic conquerors who will seek refuge in Ifriqya, and the new spirit of cohabitation established …