The Restoration of Rome

Barbarian Popes & Imperial Pretenders

Peter Heather

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English

Pan
01 September 2014

History; European history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500

ABBEY'S CHOICE SEPTEMBER 2014 ----- In 476 AD the last of Rome's emperors was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen, and the imperial vestments were despatched to Constantinople. The curtain fell on the Roman Empire in Western Europe, its territories divided between successor kingdoms constructed around barbarian military manpower. But if the Roman Empire was dead, the dream of restoring it refused to die.

In many parts of the old Empire, real Romans still lived, holding on to their lands, the values of their civilisation, its institutions; the barbarians were ready to reignite the imperial flame and to enjoy the benefits of Roman civilisation, the three greatest contenders being Theoderic, Justinian and Charlemagne.

Ultimately, they would fail and it was not until the reinvention of the papacy in the eleventh century that Europe's barbarians found the means to generate a new Roman Empire, an empire which has lasted a thousand years.

By: Peter Heather
Imprint: Pan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Unabridged
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9781447241072
ISBN 10: 144724107X
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 01 September 2014
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Heather is currently a Fellow of Medieval History at Worcester College, Oxford, having previously taught at University College, London and Yale University. He is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling Fall of the Roman Empire, also published by Pan Macmillan.