A Companion to Ostrogothic Italy
48 Bjornlie for the redistribution of state resources and to exercise justice, the most essen- tial interface between a governme ...
Governmental Administration 49 the Roman Republic (res publica).10 The familiarity Theoderic had gained with Roman political cul ...
50 Bjornlie praetorian prefect in Constantinople.17 Several considerations, however, miti- gate against assuming such robust fig ...
Governmental Administration 51 to officials from the officium of the praefectus praetorio (praetorian prefect) may offer a bette ...
52 Bjornlie the church could not collect revenues on the scale of the Gothic state, it was nevertheless the next-largest revenue ...
Governmental Administration 53 for their needs (albeit often at the direction of the Gothic court).31 Perhaps even more interest ...
54 Bjornlie as that in Gaul), based on the pay of 9 solidi per year to each soldier a meagre force of 5000 soldiers would cost t ...
Governmental Administration 55 The Impact of Reduced Administration The important point to recognize is that fiscal resources bu ...
56 Bjornlie (palatia) used by Theoderic at Ravenna, Verona, and Pavia.42 Similarly, hagio- graphical tradition associates Theode ...
Governmental Administration 57 that required a smaller, more mobile administrative apparatus.49 Additionally, the Variae include ...
58 Bjornlie the Gothic War after the capitulation of Ravenna attests to the fact that Gothic power derived from a strategy that ...
Governmental Administration 59 specific officials simply as noster miles.59 A similar situation would eventually obtain in the e ...
60 Bjornlie Probably the most readily available example of this kind of administrative culture can be found with Cassiodorus. Du ...
Governmental Administration 61 Administrative Functions in Action The remaining portion of this chapter will illustrate some of ...
62 Bjornlie on either the suitability of the individual or the magistrate’s availability at a given moment. In the Roman adminis ...
Governmental Administration 63 could at times extend to the collection of regular taxes from a province (again, the purview of t ...
64 Bjornlie the comes in managing the annona suggest that these appointments involved superintending the collection and distribu ...
Governmental Administration 65 empire. The Variae refer to a small host of dignitaries having authority in the legal or financia ...
66 Bjornlie An explanation for the only incidental reliance upon provincial governors may be found in the more consistent use of ...
Governmental Administration 67 inclusive of managing military personnel or their affairs.96 A similar tendency is observable wit ...
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