Chapter The Imperial Image of Theoderic: the Case of the Regisole of Pavia

The contribution intends to retrace the history of Pavia’s famous equestrian statue, known as the “Regisole”, destroyed in 1796. The statue, in gilded bronze, represented a Roman emperor and was transferred from Rome to Ravenna, most likely by Theoderic. At a certain point, probably between the eigh...

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description The contribution intends to retrace the history of Pavia’s famous equestrian statue, known as the “Regisole”, destroyed in 1796. The statue, in gilded bronze, represented a Roman emperor and was transferred from Rome to Ravenna, most likely by Theoderic. At a certain point, probably between the eighth and tenth centuries, the Regisole arrived in Pavia, even if it is difficult to establish who was responsible for that. The most logical solution is to attribute the transfer of the monument to a Lombard king, specifically to Aistulf, who conquered Ravenna in 751. It is possible to argue that by transferring the Regisole – which was believed to represent Theoderic – to the capital of the Lombard kingdom, Aistulf intended to promote an imperial image of himself, at a time when the conquest of the Exarchate raised him to the rank of “new Theoderic”.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-996402025-07-17T12:15:32Z Chapter The Imperial Image of Theoderic: the Case of the Regisole of Pavia FERRARI, CARLO Early Middle Ages Ravenna Pavia Theoderic Aistulf Regisole thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History The contribution intends to retrace the history of Pavia’s famous equestrian statue, known as the “Regisole”, destroyed in 1796. The statue, in gilded bronze, represented a Roman emperor and was transferred from Rome to Ravenna, most likely by Theoderic. At a certain point, probably between the eighth and tenth centuries, the Regisole arrived in Pavia, even if it is difficult to establish who was responsible for that. The most logical solution is to attribute the transfer of the monument to a Lombard king, specifically to Aistulf, who conquered Ravenna in 751. It is possible to argue that by transferring the Regisole – which was believed to represent Theoderic – to the capital of the Lombard kingdom, Aistulf intended to promote an imperial image of himself, at a time when the conquest of the Exarchate raised him to the rank of “new Theoderic”. 2023-05-02T04:09:02Z 2023-05-02T04:09:02Z 2023-05-01T13:37:48Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20230501_9788855186643_19 2704-6079 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62603 9788855186643 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99640 eng Reti Medievali E-Book open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62603/1/chapter-36871.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62603/1/chapter-36871.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.07 10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.07 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788855186643 22 Florence open access
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Chapter The Imperial Image of Theoderic: the Case of the Regisole of Pavia
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Ravenna
Pavia
Theoderic
Aistulf
Regisole
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