Contents
Foreword vii
List of Figures viii
List of Contributors ix1 Introduction 1
Jonathan J. Arnold, M. Shane Bjornlie, and Kristina Sessa
part 1
The State
2 The Ostrogothic Kingdom: Ideologies and Transitions 17
Gerda Heydemann
3 Governmental Administration 47
M. Shane Bjornlie
4 Ostrogothic Provinces: Administration and Ideology 73
Jonathan J. Arnold
5 Ostrogothic Cities 98
Federico Marazzi
6 The Senate at Rome in Ostrogothic Italy 121
Christine Radtki
7 The Law 147
Sean Lafferty
8 The Ostrogothic Military 173
Guy Halsall
part 2
Culture and Society
9 Goths and Gothic Identity in the Ostrogothic Kingdom 203
Brian Swain