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The History of Rome in the times of Byzantium
The fall of the Western Roman Empire therefore does not require enormous political and social upheavals in life, especially in Rome. The Heruli and the Ostrogoths continued to rule from Ravenna, the ancient capital while the administration was entrusted to the Senate. Increasing significance acquire the pope, chosen mainly among members of families that make up the Senate.
The figure of the pope from now on will become increasingly important for the city of Rome. From 536 Rome falls under the Byzantine orbit, with the capture of the city by General Belisarius, in the attempt to reconquer the western Roman Empire territories taken by the Emperor of the East Justinian I, torn definitely the Ostrogoths in 552. For the city of Rome is not a happy period. The wars and looting behaved poverty and devastation. The population shrank rapidly, and subsidies promised by the emperor is not always guaranteed the maintenance of major public facilities such as aqueducts and bridges. With the successor of Justinian, Justin II, Byzantine government increasingly reduced its control on the peninsula, but merely to guard the city of Rome and Ravenna, in part because of the conquests of the Lombards. In any case, the domain, at least formally, of Byzantine Rome, will last for approximately two centuries, while the administration of the city assumed a growing role the pope. Besides taking care of the administration the church could have a growing number of possessions that once belonged to the aristocracy, developing a network of institutions mandated to support and defend the population. For this purpose, and under the leadership of Gregory are created departments and deacons, administered by lay and clergy, the monasteries multiplied, and a messenger sat firmly at the Byzantine court to represent the church permanently. When the Lombard king Agilulf resumed hostilities against Naples and Rome, was Pope Gregory directly to negotiate peace in 598, only subsequently recognized by the Byzantine Emperor Maurice. Throughout the sixth and seventh century the rapid expansion of Christianity brought about a large influx of faithful and pilgrims to Rome, always favoring the erection of new temples.
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The History of Rome in the times of Byzantium
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The fall of the Western Roman Empire therefore does not require enormous political and social upheavals in life, especially in Rome. The Heruli and the Ostrogoths continued to rule from Ravenna, the ancient capital while the administration was entrusted to the Senate. Increasing significance acquire the pope, chosen mainly among members of families that make up the Senate. The figure of the pope from now on will become increasingly important for the city of Rome. From 536 Rome falls under the Byzantine orbit, with the capture of the city by General Belisarius, in the attempt to reconquer the western Roman Empire territories taken by the Emperor of the East Justinian I, torn definitely the Ostrogoths in 552. For the city of Rome is not a happy period. The wars and looting behaved poverty and devastation. The population shrank rapidly, and subsidies promised by the emperor is not always guaranteed the maintenance of major public facilities such as aqueducts and bridges. With the successor of Justinian, Justin II, Byzantine government increasingly reduced its control on the peninsula, but merely to guard the city of Rome and Ravenna, in part because of the conquests of the Lombards. In any case, the domain, at least formally, of Byzantine Rome, will last for approximately two centuries, while the administration of the city assumed a growing role the pope. Besides taking care of the administration the church could have a growing number of possessions that once belonged to the aristocracy, developing a network of institutions mandated to support and defend the population. For this purpose, and under the leadership of Gregory are created departments and deacons, administered by lay and clergy, the monasteries multiplied, and a messenger sat firmly at the Byzantine court to represent the church permanently. When the Lombard king Agilulf resumed hostilities against Naples and Rome, was Pope Gregory directly to negotiate peace in 598, only subsequently recognized by the Byzantine Emperor Maurice. Throughout the sixth and seventh century the rapid expansion of Christianity brought about a large influx of faithful and pilgrims to Rome, always favoring the erection of new temples.
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