HIST 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Toleration, Amalasuntha, Acacian Schism
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The ostrogoths allied with the eastern empire. Theodoric the prince of the ostrogoths was sent to live in. He had a deep belief in civilitas and hoped that the. 488 zeno commissioned theodoric to take the ostrogoths to. Odoacer magister militum (general of the army) Theodoric rules italy under two titles: patrician of the romans and. Recognized the rule of theodoric in italy and the rule of clovis, king of the franks in gaul. The italians (under the pope) are catholic christians. The emperor zeno broke with the catholic doctrine during the. Theodoric allowed for religious toleration between catholics, arians, and jews. Noble romans kept 1/3 of their land (hospitalitas) Noble romans helped with the civil administration of the kingdom. Bread and circuses! (but no gladiators since st telemachus in the early fth century) Marriage diplomacy with other germanic kingdoms helped keep the peace. But no inter-marriage between ostrogoths and catholics was possible.
