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• W4244294493 abstract "Reviewed by: Amalasuintha: The Transformation of Queenship in the Post-Roman World by Massimiliano Vitiello Amelia R. Brown Vitiello, Massimiliano, Amalasuintha: The Transformation of Queenship in the Post-Roman World, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017; hardcover; pp. xii, 293; 7 b/w illustrations; R.R.P. US$69.95; ISBN 9780812249477. Queen Amalasuintha, the subject of this monograph, certainly ruled Italy in interesting times. Over three popes in Rome, between Byzantine emperors, warring Western kings, restive Gothic nobles, and the Roman Senate, she led the Ostrogothic kingdom from Ravenna south to Sicily for almost a decade in the early sixth century. She became regent on the death of her father King Theoderic in 526 but was literally the 'only adult in the room' until her teenaged son Athalaric died in late 534 on the cusp of eighteen. Imprisoned on an island and assassinated by agents of her cousin, successor, and short-sighted choice as co-ruler Theodahad in 535, her murder was the casus belli for Justinian's drawn-out reconquest of Italy, though he, and Theodora, had likely tipped Theodahad's hand. Vitiello delves deeply into the rich contemporary literary evidence for Amalasuintha's reign, notably her praetorian prefect Cassiodorus's Latin Variae and Procopius's disparate Greek histories, with primary source quotations on almost every page. He acknowledges the difficulty in reconstructing her own agency from these and later (mostly Western) texts such as those of Gregory of Tours, contextualizing every author, and also citing some visual evidence in her regalia and a consular diptych portrait. He might have made more of Amalasuintha's patronage of buildings (at Ravenna and Rome, pp. 90–91, 190) and portrait iconography (pp. 194–203). Her diptych medallion bust is briefly treated, but the portrait head shown in Figure 2, thought to represent either Ariadne, Amalasuintha, or her daughter, is neither clearly described, nor contextualized with at least two others of the same type, all from Rome (see the University of Oxford's Last Statues of Antiquity online database, nos. 755–57). Whether these heads represent Amalasuintha or not, they certainly bear witness to female rule, and relations between Rome and [End Page 267] Constantinople, in this era. There is also some uneven italicizing of Latin terms alongside the extensive quotations in English translation. Overall, however, this stands as a very fine biography of Amalasuintha, with detailed analysis of her role in all the events of her reign, and excellent exploration of the later ramifications of her novel exercise of regal Gothic/Roman imperial female power. The book contains an introduction, five chapters organized thematically, a brief conclusion, end notes, bibliography and an index. There is a schematic map of Europe and the Mediterranean, a genealogy of Theoderic's dynasty, and images of one portrait head, three ivories and the island on Lake Bolsena where Amalasuintha was exiled and killed. The introduction focuses on the sources, notably Cassiodorus and Procopius. Chapter 1 considers Cassiodorus's description of Amalasuintha as mater regens (ruling mother), domina (lady, mistress) and regina (queen), contrasting these with Procopius's Greek déspoina (mistress) and basilís (queen), and Gothic terms. Chapter 2 summarizes the upbringing of Amalasuintha at Theoderic's palace in Ravenna, and her peripheral role during his bloody final years. Chapter 3 concerns her eight years as widow and regent for her teenaged son, her decision not to remarry, and her political activity as documented in the diplomatic letters sent in Athalaric's name, and a panegyric for Amalasuintha herself, which Cassiodorus collected in his Variae. Chapter 4 focuses on her family role: as a regent mother, she aimed to educate her son as a Roman, but lost him to Gothic nobles, heavy drinking, and perhaps diabetes. She then associated her cousin Theodahad with her in a novel consortium regni (partnership of kingship), which lasted only months, and led directly to her downfall (and the end of Ostrogothic Italy). Chapter 5 considers the highly innovative and influential position she held for a Gothic or Roman imperial woman, and how she drew on these twin legacies to move beyond a diplomatic or palace role to the exercise of unprecedented royal and international power. This chapter..." @default.
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