Abstract

The Governance of the Queen Amalasuintha in Italy (526-535 AD): Description from the View of the Legal History The revival characterizes the legal history of the first half of the 6th century AD of the legal power of the Roman Empire, represented by officials of the New Rome (Constantinople). De jure, the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) remained the rightful heir to the political, administrative-territorial, public property law of Imperial Rome. Besides, most Western part of the Roman Empire, created according to Emperor Theodosius's Edict (395 AD), continued to believe in the power. Despite the actual occupation by the barbarian tribes' power of the only Roman emperor - the emperor of Byzantium. Barbarian leaders understood the need for support from the people. Therefore, the kings of the Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Vandals, Burgundians, Suevi etc. took their titles and signs of royal power as a formal gift from the Eastern Roman Empire's emperor. Among the barbarian kings of the early Middle Ages, the Ostrogoth Amal dynasty stands out. In this article, the study's subject was the royal power of the first legally fullfledged female ruler of Italy, Amalasuintha.

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