Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . le toencourage the reading or writing of books, the study of science,or attention to art, in a time of constant warfare and Theodoric had a distinguished Roman counselor named Cassi- manuals odorus (d. 575), to whose letters we owe a great part of our 1 The headpiece of this chapter represents the tomb of Theodoric. Emperorsand rich men were accustomed in Roman times to build handsome tombs forthemselves (see Fig. 8). Theodoric followed th
Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . le toencourage the reading or writing of books, the study of science,or attention to art, in a time of constant warfare and Theodoric had a distinguished Roman counselor named Cassi- manuals odorus (d. 575), to whose letters we owe a great part of our 1 The headpiece of this chapter represents the tomb of Theodoric. Emperorsand rich men were accustomed in Roman times to build handsome tombs forthemselves (see Fig. 8). Theodoric followed their example and erected this two-storied building at Ravenna to serve as his mausoleum. The dome consists of asingle great piece of rock 36 feet in diameter, weighing 500 tons, brought fromacross the Adriatic. Theodoric was a heretic in the eyes of the Catholic Church,and not long after his death his remains were taken out of his tomb and scatteredto the winds, and the building converted into a church. The picture representsthe tomb as it probably looked originally; it has been somewhat altered in moderntimes, but is well SCALE OF MILES i> 100 200 300 400 0 Longitude Map of Europe in the Time of Theodoric It will be noticed that Theodorics kingdom of the East Goths includeda considerable part of what we call Austria to-day, and that the WestGothic kingdom extended into southern France. The Vandals heldnorthern Africa and the adjacent islands. The Burgundians lay in be-tween the East Goths and the Franks. The Lombards, who were laterto move down into Italy, were in Theodorics time east of the Bavarians,after whom modern Bavaria is named. Some of the Saxons invadedEngland, but many remained in Germany, as indicated on the Eastern Empire, which was all that remained of the Roman Empire,included the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor, and the eastern portion ofthe Mediterranean. The Britons in Wales, the Picts in Scotland, andthe Scots in Ireland were Celts, conseq
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