Theodoric (Semper Augustus)'s triumphal entry into Rome after reconquering Gaul from the Franks.
Oriental (gr*Ek) trannies COPING and SEETHING
>>18291736He really fucked up when he killed Boethius and Symmachus. He maintained excellent relations with Constantinople up until then. Anastasius even considered him an imperial colleague. But Theodoric got too paranoid later in life and started executing Roman Senators which Justinian rightly responded to.
>>18291751Anastasius literally sent a fleet to try and help the Franks against him ages before that. If anything he was justified, the Easterners really were out to get him ever since he took Sirmium from the Gepids.
>>18291736Did he actually control anything beyond Provence? Visgothic Toulose mostly ruled itself and Franks were also almost entirely autonomous, right?
>>18291755Anastasius sent him the purple robes, a few years later he takes Sirmium which was a bad idea. He made a few diplomatic errors with the East, after they had recognized him as an equal and this eventually lead to the Gothic wars
>>18291751>Issue the death sentence in a court of law to a couple rich assholes that were almost 100% scheming against you Barbarie :(>Indiscriminately massacre a stadium choke-full with 30000 of your citizens Civilisation :)
>>18291768The Franks for many centuries had mostly a titular authority in South France/Gaul at best. It didnt started to get fully integrated until the Albigesians Crusade pretty much genocided the local ruling class.Theodoric was the visigotic kingdom regent for his minor relative, but once he growned up a fully unification wasnt pursued, so the two kingdoms returned separate
>>18291770Sirmium really pissed Anastasius off (the Gepids were his allies). After that he attempted a bunch of shit against Theodoric, he even gave an imperial diadem and purple robes as a gift to king Clovis of the Franks as a middle finger to Theodoric. They absolutely did not have good relations.
>>18291780>The Franks for many centuries had mostly a titular authority in South France/Gaul at best. It didnt started to get fully integrated until the Albigesians Crusade pretty much genocided the local ruling classWas it all that autonomous under the Carolingians? I thought it was fully integrated into the comites system. I know some local lords were quite powerful, but also most of them failed to establish long-lasting dynasties.>Theodoric was the visigotic kingdom regent for his minor relative, but once he growned up a fully unification wasnt pursued, so the two kingdoms returned separateYou know, it's a bit weird that Theodoric, romanized to the bone, was happy with the network of almost entirely independent tributaries and didn't pursue more centralized form of the government. Would it be really so hard to dislodge the Vandals or integrate the Visgoths? They were still mostly fresh arrivals at this point, barely tied to the lands they taken.
>>18291736What if the barbarians... were the real Romans all along?
>>18291778>scheming senators vs>30k rioters trying to kill you, who were being encouraged by more scheming senatorsJustinian did nothing wrong.
>>18291751>>18291770>backstabs the Vandalic kinAnastasius was romaboo traitor. Serve her right.
>>18292424Fixed it for you.>>18290325
Aye
>>18291755>the Easterners really were out to get him ever since he took Sirmium from the Gepids.Theodoric also conducted hostile attacks to the East. He's not particularly innocent here.
>>18292740Source?
