Theodoric the Goth
Thomas Hodgkin
Read by Patrick Eaton
Theodoric the Great (~454-526) was king of the Ostrogoths during the time of the terminal decline of the Western Roman Empire. After wandering with his people through the Balkans, at times allied with the Eastern Empire, and at others, its enemy, he was invited by the Emperor Zeno to invade and conquer Italy on behalf of the Empire. He defeated the Germanic king Odovacar, who had himself deposed the last Emperor of the West, and established the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy. He became known as "King of the Goths and Romans in Italy", ruling according to the principle of civilitas. His reign was a time of stability and prosperity. ( Patrick Eaton) (11 hr 36 min)
Chapters
Preface | 4:31 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Introduction | 7:39 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 1: Theodoric's Ancestors | 16:24 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 2: The Might of Attila | 20:19 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 3: Theodoric's Boyhood | 24:58 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 4: The Southward Migration | 18:10 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 5: Storm and Stress | 49:38 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 6: Italy under Odovacar | 23:47 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 7: The Conquest of Italy | 27:27 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 8: Civilitas | 32:54 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 9: Roman Officials - Cassiodorus | 41:34 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 10: The Arian League | 51:14 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 11: Anastasius | 36:20 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 12: Rome and Ravenna | 43:53 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 13: Boethius | 42:30 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 14: Theodoric's Tomb | 17:23 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 15: Amalasuentha | 42:12 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 16: Belisarius | 42:15 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 17: Totila | 32:09 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 18: Narses | 16:49 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 19: The Theodoric of Saga Part 1 | 54:00 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Chapter 19: The Theodoric of Saga Part 2 | 50:27 | Read by Patrick Eaton |
Reviews
Fav historian on fav historical figure
T. Gill
Hodgkin is the (Anglophone) master of the Migration Period, a titanic tectonic clash of Germanic and Roman worlds. You can still feel the aftershocks. Theodoric is the highlight of this mixed up mess. A brutish illiterate Germanic warlord who, for a generation, restored peace and prosperity to a long-battered Italy in the early Sixth Century. How?