ILCS 1170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Pope Nicholas Ii, Emirate Of Sicily
31 Jan 2017
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Emperor romulus augustus abdicated power to odoacer (germanic) Odoacer submits to byzantine emperor zeno, becomes king of italy, captures sicily from vandals. 493 odoacer is killed by theodoric the great (ostrogoth sent by zeno to remove. Sicily captures from ostrogoths in 535 ad by belisarius for byzantine emperor. Jurisdiction over sicily goes to constantinople; popes and emperor are on good terms until mid 7th century. Popes/papacy owns large tracts of land on sicily even though it is ruled by the emperor. Cities and people states are abandoned by the people. 568 - lombards (long beards) invade italy, establish kingdom of italy until 774. 660 emperor constans moves capital of byzantine empire to syracuse. Eventually assassinated in 668 clubbed to death by soap dish. Hosting the emperor was costly for sicily. 668 capital is restored to constantinople; sicily is subsequently exposed to arab invasion. Strong connection to greek education and knowledge.
