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BL
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849255
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| Main Entry
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Vitiello, Massimiliano
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| Title & Author
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Theodahad : : a platonic king at the collapse of Ostrogothic Italy /\ Massimiliano Vitiello.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto :: University of Toronto Press,, [2014]
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1 online resource (xvii, 333 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1442669322
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: 9781442669321
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1442647833
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9781442647831
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-322) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Chapter One: Theodahad the man -- Chapter Two: Theodahad the noble -- Chapter Three: Theodahad the co-regent -- Chapter Four: Theodahad the king -- Chapter Five: Theodahad, the end -- Epilogue -- Appendices: * Appendix I: Cassiodorus' travels between Ravenna and Rome -- Appendix II: 'A Roman of note among the Goths' -- Appendix III: The embassies of Variae X 19-24 and XI 13: the 'status quaestionis'
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| Abstract
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Painting a picture of an unlikely king whose reign helped spell the end of Ostrogothic Italy, Vitiello's book not only illuminates Theodahad's own life but also offers new insight into the sixth-century Mediterranean world.
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Theodahad,480?-536.
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Ostrogoths-- Kings and rulers, Biography.
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Ostrogoths-- Italy-- History.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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HISTORY-- General.
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HISTORY-- Europe-- Italy.
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Kings and rulers.
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Ostrogoths.
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Italy, History, 476-774.
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Italy, Kings and rulers, Biography.
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Italy.
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| Dewey Classification
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945/.01
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| LC Classification
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DG508.5V58 2014eb
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