Barbarians and Romans, A.D. 418-584: The Techniques of Accommodation

296 Pages·1987·23.397 MB·English

by  Walter Goffart

BARBARIANS AND ROMANS, A.D. 418-584
BARBARIANS
A.D. 418-584
THE TECHNIQUES OF ACCOMMODATION
BY WALTER GOFFART
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
AND ROMANS
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BARBARIANS AND ROMANS, A.D. 418-584.
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CENTURIES. 2. ROME — FOREIGN POPULATION.
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CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS IX
PREFACE Xiii
I. THE BARBARIANS IN LATE
ANTIQUITY AND HOW THEY WERE
ACCOMMODATED IN THE WEST 3
II. THE ROMAN BASIS FOR BARBARIAN
LAND ALLOTMENTS 40
III. ALLOTMENTS IN FIFTH-CENTURY
ITALY 58
IV. SETTLEMENTS IN GAUL. THE
VISIGOTHS 103
V. THE BURGUNDIANS: FROM ALLOT-
MENT TO OWNERSHIP 127
VI. HOSPITALITAS AND THE FIFTH-
CENTURY SETTLEMENTS 162
VII. THE LOMBARDS AS LATECOMING
"GUESTS" 176
VIII. CONCLUSION: THE DEVOLUTION
OF TAXATION 206
Appendix A. How Many Vandals Invaded Africa? 231
Appendix B. Interpretations of CE 276. 3-4 235
Appendix C. Real Estate Not Declared for Assessment 241
Appendix D. Sidonius on "Hospitality" 245
Appendix E. Vegetius, Military Rations, and a
Possible Connotation of fara 252
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CONTENTS
MAPS
1. The Barbarian Kingdoms, ca. A.D. 500 56
2. Italy, ca. A.D. 600 57
SHORT TITLE INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS 259
INDEX 267
Vlll
ABBREVIATIONS
Full bibliographic information for each modern work is given at
the first citation in the notes. Subsequent references cite only the
author's last name and a short title. The Index to Modern Authors
(pp. 259-265) lists all references to secondary literature.
Ammianus Ammianus Marcellinus Return gestarum
libri. Edited and translated by J. C.
Rolfe. 3 vols. Loeb. London, 1956-1958.
BEHE Bibliotheque de l'Ecole des Hautes
Etudes, sciences historiques et philolo-
giques. Paris, 1869—.
Bude Collection des universites de France
publiee par TAssociation Guillaume
Bude.
CE Codex Eurici. Edited by K. Zeumer,
MGH Leges, vol. 1. Edited by A. d'Ors.
Estudios Visigoticos, vol. 2, El Codigo
di Eurico. Instituto Juridico Espanol.
Cuadernos 12. Rome, 1960.
Chron. Chronicle(s).
CJ Codex Justinianus. Edited by P. Krueger.
11th ed. Berlin, 1954.
CSEL Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum La-
tinorum. Vienna, 1867—.
CTh Codex Theodosianus. Edited by T.
Mommsen and P. M. Meyer. 2 vols. 2d
ed. Berlin, 1954.
Dig. Justinian Digesta. Edited by T. Momm-
sen and P. Krueger. 16th ed. Berlin,
1954.
ix
ABBREVIATIONS
Ennodius Ennodius of Pavia Opera. Edited by
W. Hartel. CSEL 6. Vienna, 1872.
FIRA2 Fontes iuris Romani antefustiniani, vol.
2: Auctores. Edited by J. Baviera and
J. Furlani. Florence, 1968.
Gregory of Tours, Gregoiy of Tours Historiarum libri X.
Historiae, In Edited by B. Krusch and W. Levison.
gloria con- MGH Script, rer. Merov., vol. 1. 2d ed.;
jessorum, Vir- Miracula et opera minor a. Edited by
tutes s. luliani W. Arndt and B. Krusch, MGH Script,
rer. Merov., vol. 1, pt. 2.
HA Scriptores historiae Augustae. Edited by
Ernest Hohl. Rev. ed. 2 vols. Leipzig,
1971.
JRS Journal of Roman Studies. Oxford,
1910—.
LBurg Leges Burgundionum. Edited by L. R.
de Salis. MGH Leges, vol. 2, pt. 1; trans-
lated by K. F. Drew, The Burgundian
Code. 1949 (repr. Philadelphia, 1972).
LBurgExtrav Leges Burgundionum extravagantes, in
LBurg.
LVisig Leges Visigothorum. Edited by K. Zeu-
mer, MGH Leges, vol. 1.
LRB Lex Romana Burgundionum, in FIRA
2, pp. 714-750.
Loeb Loeb Classical Library.
MGH Monumenta Germaniae historica.
AA Auctores antiquissimi.
Capitularia Legum sectio II: Capitularia.
Concilia Legum sectio III: Concilia.