FAH215H1 Lecture Notes - Stilicho, Northeast Italy, Apse
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Fah215 october 28th the 7th century. Overall impression of the 4th-7th centuries: lots of groups are moving around. Greek for people who speak like bababa not greek. Politically correct term we will use is migration period. These groups did not particularly express themselves via architecture or literature. It didn t make sense to built architecture in the roman sense because they moved around a lot. Relationship between these groups & late roman empire. During the late 4th century, emphasis shifted to constantinople. Romans tried to reach an accommodation and make them clients there was a very uneasy shifting of alliances. For a while people from these groups could actually be successful in the roman empire ex. A man named stilicho, who was a vandal chieftain, rose to the position of commander in chief in the. He married constantine s niece, so their resulting son could technically aspire to be emperor.