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Vervaet, Frederik J. The High Command in the Roman RepublicThe Principle of the summum imperium auspiciumque from 509 to 19 BCEHistoria – Einzelschriften
2014. KurztextWhile the terminology has long been noted, the republican principle of the summum imperium auspiciumque, the high command and the prevailing auspices, has never been subject to comprehensive scrutiny. This enquiry for the first time identifies this principle as a coherent concept in Roman constitutional and administrative practice, being the senatorial oligarchy's foremost instrument to reconcile collegiate rule with the necessity of a unified high command. After defining the relevant terms and the scope of the high command both in Rome and in the field, a number of case studies yield striking new insights into the constitutional ramifications for the allocation of public triumphs, the position of the consuls in the provinces, and the official hierarchy in combined commands, highlighting the fascinating interplay between these largely customary rules of engagement and the nobility's own code of honour. This study also casts a provocative new light on how the high command was gradually monopolized by dynasts in the tumultuous period between Sulla's dictatorship and the emergence of the Augustan monarchy. Finally, a postscript addresses the vexed question of the lex curiata de imperio.
Awarded with the Woodward Medal in Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Melbourne. Rezensionen "V.’s command of both sources and modern scholarship is remarkable. […] V. has produced a highly substantial and lucidly argued contribution to the understanding of Roman institutional history […]." "The thoroughness of the research and the detail of the argument are impressive throughout the monograph…" "… ein wichtiges Werk, das in die Diskussion über die Eigenschaften des Oberbefehls in der römischen Republik, […] wesentliche Gedanken und neue Erkenntnisse hineinbringt. Die überzeugenden Thesen wurden sorgfältig begründet." "...ein sehr interessantes und anregendes Werk zu einer zentralen Frage der Ordnung der römischen Republik […], das Forschenden, Lehrenden wie Studierenden dieser Epoche […] zur Lektüre empfohlen werden kann." Christopher Smith, Historische Zeitschrift 301, 2015 Raimund Schulz & Uwe Walter, GWU 67, 2016/1-2 Henri Etcheto, Revue des Études Anciennes 117, 2015/2 Nathan Rosenstein, Sehepunkte 15, 2015/4 Ulrich Lambrecht, Das Historisch-Politische Buch 63, 2015/4 Paul M. Martin, Revue des Études Latines 92, 2014
369 p. Franz Steiner Verlag |