03167cam a22003133u 4500 76678 UtSlPG 20260610134756.0 m cr n 260607r20251872utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG it iso639-1 DG Gregorovius, Ferdinand, 1821-1891 Storia della città di Roma nel medio evo, vol. 2/8 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-08-12 Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This transcription was produced from images generously made available by Bayerische Staatsbibliothek / Bavarian State Library.) "Storia della città di Roma nel medio evo, vol. 2/8 : dal secolo V al XVI" by Ferdinando Gregorovius is a historical account written in the late 19th century. It traces Rome’s transformation in the early Middle Ages, from the collapse of the ancient civic order to the ascendancy of the papacy, the spread of monasticism, and the city’s struggles between Byzantine authority and Lombard pressure. Figures such as Benedict of Nursia and Gregory the Great exemplify how religious institutions replaced imperial structures and reshaped urban life. Expect a richly detailed political, ecclesiastical, and urban narrative rather than character-driven storytelling. The opening of this volume paints a stark tableau of a ruined Rome—temples crumbling, forums silent, baths stripped—while the Church rises as the city’s only vigilant organizer and protector behind Aurelian’s walls. It recounts Benedict’s retreat to Subiaco, the founding of Monte Cassino atop a former pagan site, the crafting of his Rule, and the swift spread of monastic life (from Cassiodorus’s Vivarium to Roman convents fostered by patrician women), culminating in Benedictines sheltered at the Lateran after the Lombards raze Monte Cassino. The narrative then follows the Lombard advance, the embattled pontificates of Benedict I and Pelagius II, and appeals to Constantinople, with Gregory dispatched as apocrisiarius. Flood and plague ravage the city; Pelagius dies, and the rebuilding of San Lorenzo marks the era’s piety amid disaster. Gregory’s election ushers in penitential processions and the legend of the archangel sheathing his sword atop Hadrian’s mausoleum to end the pestilence. Finally, his first sermons read like a funeral oration over Rome as Agilulf and Ariulf press the siege, while he buys off the enemy, clashes diplomatically with the exarch and emperor, and the text sketches the fragile civic framework—prefect, magister militum, and the near-silence surrounding a vanished Senate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Venezia: Antonelli, 1872 Rome (Italy) -- History Manzato, Renato https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76678 117403 117403