VI. Zur Legitimität gentiler Fürsten bei ihren römischen Bürgern

Summary This article addresses the extent to which the Romans living in regions of the Roman Empire conquered by gentile people since the 5th century, regarded their rule by gentile princes as legitimate. The Romans there were generally willing to not just accept them as military victors but also to acknowledge their princes as their masters. In fact many representatives of the upper classes served their new rulers, while the lower classes benefited from a considerably lower tax burden. But resistance occurred when the Vandals attempted to convert their catholic Romans by force to their Arianism.