FAH215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stilicho, Germanic Peoples, Cotton Genesis
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Title: ivory diptych (two plaques) of rulius probienus. Roman consul is sitting, representing he is in a high state of authority. Another way constantine fundamentally changed the course of christian history was moving the capital from. Wanted to establish a new capital that id not have any roman, pagan iconographies. Constantinople featured prominent places like forums, aqueducts, baths, but also many churches, including the one where he chose where he himself would be buried. They thought of themselves as the roman empire but people called them the byzantine empire. Communicates the migration of different groups throughout the vast territory. Shows that people move to find a better way of life, Stilioco was a warrior, a general with a vandal background. Heavily affiliated with the roman empire and marries a member of the roman imperials and represents his aristocracy in the for of this ivory diptych,
