| Simplicius Against the Monophysites |
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Showing posts with label Western Roman Empire. Show all posts
Monday 3 March 2014
Simplicius Against the Monophysites
When Simplicius became bishop of Rome on this day,
March 3, 468, it must have seemed to him that his troubles would
come from the western half of the disintegrating Roman Empire. There
Vandals, Visigoths, and Franks had replaced Roman power with their own.
For thirteen years the western empire had been ruled by puppet emperors,
controlled by these barbarians. Furthermore, Odovakar, a Herulian (one
of the Teutonic tribes) seized power in Rome. Despite these omens, it
was the East that gave Simpli... Read More >
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