Civil war is the most radical form of political conflict. This volume analyses the impact of civil war on society and culture in Greco-Roman antiquity. The collected papers examine phenomena such as tyrannicide, staseis and usurpations from the classical age to late antiquity. The focus lies on the lasting impact violence and disorder had on political discourse and memory culture. In particular, the contributions explore how internal conflicts were staged and performed. Beyond spectacular triumphal celebrations there existed a broad range of symbolic forms of communication pertaining to civil war: rituals of reconciliation, reintegration and restoration as well as acts of commemoration and condemnation. The multidisciplinary volume aims at contributing to a better understanding of the performative and communicative logic of civil conflict within the ancient societies of Greece and Rome.
Author(s): Henning Borm; Marco Mattheis; Johannes Wienand
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 437
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CIVIL WARS IN GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITY: CONTEXTUALISING DISINTEGRATION AND REINTEGRATION
PART ONE: FROM THE CLASSICAL AGE TO THE EARLY PRINCIPATE
STASIS UND SOZIALISATION. ÜBERLEGUNGEN ZUR FUNKTION DES GYMNASTISCHEN IN DER POLIS
CIVIL WAR AND CIVIC RECONCILIATION IN A SMALL GREEK POLIS: TWO ACTS OF THE SAME DRAMA?
HARMONIE UND WELTHERRSCHAFT. DIE STASIS BEI POLYBIOS
HELLENISTISCHE POLEIS UND RÖMISCHER BÜRGERKRIEG. STASIS IM GRIECHISCHEN OSTEN NACH DEN IDEN DES MÄRZ (44 BIS 39 V. CHR.)
PERFORMING PASSIONS, NEGOTIATING SURVIVAL: ITALIAN CITIES IN THE LATE REPUBLICAN CIVIL WARS
TRIUMPHUS EX BELLO CIVILI? DIE PRÄSENTATION DES BÜRGERKRIEGSSIEGES IM SPÄTREPUBLIKANISCHEN TRIUMPHRITUAL
PART TWO: FROM THE HIGH EMPIRE TO LATE ANTIQUITY
JUPITER, DIE FLAVIER UND DAS KAPITOL ODER: WIE MAN EINEN BÜRGERKRIEG GEWINNT
„TROPHÄEN, DIE NICHT VOM ÄUSSEREN FEINDE GEWONNEN WURDEN, TRIUMPHE, DIE DER RUHM MIT BLUT BEFLECKT DAVON TRUG …“. DER SIEG IM IMPERIALEN BÜRGERKRIEG IM ‚LANGEN DRITTEN JAHRHUNDERT‘ ALS AMBIVALENTES EREIGNIS
GREAT PRETENDERS: ELEVATIONS OF ‘GOOD’ USURPERS IN ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
MAXENTIUS’ HEAD AND THE RITUALS OF CIVIL WAR
THE LAW’S AVENGER: EMPEROR JULIAN IN CONSTANTINOPLE
RITUALE ALS MEDIEN POLITISCHER AUSHANDLUNGEN IN DEN BÜRGERKRIEGEN DER SPÄTANTIKE
HOW THE CIRCUS AND THEATRE FACTIONS COULD HELP PREVENT CIVIL WAR
EPILOGUE
THE IMPALED KING: A HEAD AND ITS CONTEXT
GENERAL INDEX
