Theoderic and the Italic Kingdom in Cassiodorus' "Gothic History": a hypothesis of reconstruction

• Autores: Massimiliano Vitiello
• Localización: Klio: Beitrage zur alten geschichte, ISSN 0075-6334, Vol. 96, Nº 2, 2014, págs. 645-663
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article aims to reconstruct the representation of Theoderic in the lost �Gothic History� of Cassiodorus. Scholars generally agree that much of the Getica of Jordanes was derived from Cassiodorus� �History�, though it does not contain any of the eulogies of Theoderic and the Goths, which surely abounded in Cassiodorus� work. Jordanes� account of Theoderic king of Italy is investigated here in parallel with other documents, in particular Cassiodorus� �Chronicle�, and some paragraphs of the Anonymus Valesianus II that may have derived from Cassiodorus. A careful study based in Quellenforschung brings to light a possible sketch of Cassiodorus� original portrayal of Theoderic and the Ostrogothic Kingdom.