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And yet he keeps alive a resurgent Ostrogothic kingdom preventing the Dark Ages.

  Are you sure you read the book?  That's not what happens.

The book is well known because it was one of the early time-travel stories that actually used history and science in its makeup, and because DeCamp's whimsical writing style makes it very accessible, for a fantasy book.  Some people may not like it, but it won't be because the main character "keeps alive a resurgent Ostrogothic kingdom preventing the Dark Ages."

No, I already said: "I've no idea what the actual story is like, but the wiki summary makes it sounds like typical AH crap that overreaches."