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Roma invicta coins11/29/2022 ![]() Despite the west's numerous assurances of its loyalty to Constantinople, Augustus Justinian I invaded Italy in 535 AD. The Ostrogoth Kings were officially under the suzerainty of Constantinople, however, relations were often strained. However, the effect proved temporary, and did not address the major issue: the Eastern Roman Empire, also referred to by modern historians as the Byzantine Empire. These relationships fostered greater alliances, and the Ostrogoth Kingdom grew, at its height stretching from Gaul in the west to Dacia in the east. Ostrogoth royalty entered into marriages with their counterparts among neighboring states, for instance with the Visigoths, Burgundians, and the Franks. The Western Roman Empire had not really fallen it just came under new management. This division was also religious: the Goths mostly followed Arian Christianity, while the native Romans largely held Chalcedonian views, in alignment with Constantinople. Military positions remained the purview of Goths, who settled northern Italy, segregated from the Rome’s urban population. The city of Ravenna, which served as the Western Roman Empire's capital since 402 AD, remained the site for the royal court of the Ostrogoth Kings. In fact, the Empire’s laws were still recognized, even though the Ostrogoths were ruled under their own traditional laws. Theoderic retained much of the political staffing structures of the previous Empire, including an active cooperation with the Roman Senate. This event marked the dawn of the Ostrogoth Kingdom, effectively a continuation of the Western Roman Empire, rather than the latter's transformation or termination. In 493 AD, the Ostrogoth leader Theoderic the Great was recruited by Augustus Zeno and the Eastern Roman Empire to kill and replace Odoacer, the Germanic barbarian who fancied himself King of Italy. After the Huns' demise, the Ostrogoths recovered, and by late 5th century AD rose in prominence to rival the declining Western Roman Empire. Later that century, they came under dominion of the Huns. The Ostrogoths migrated south, increasingly coming into conflict with Romans, and by 4th century AD established a powerful state in Dacia. This particular Gothic tribe originated in lands north of the Black Sea around 3rd century AD. However, at the time, namely early 6th century AD, the city no longer formed part to the ancient Roman Empire, but rather a newly established Ostrogoth Kingdom. Not surprisingly, Rome’s inhabitants struck this ancient coin. All details of this ancient coin lead to Rome: the draped, cuirassed, and helmeted bust of Roma, the female personifying the ancient city since the Republic the inscription, INVICTA ROMA, advertising her invincible nature, and the highly esteemed eagle, representing a variety of heraldic themes, the emblem of which (the Aquila) was proudly carried by each Roman legion. ![]()
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