A Culture of Civil War?

"bellum civile" and Political Communication in Late Republican Rome
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-515-13401-9
Verlag: Steiner Franz Verlag

Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, Band Band 65, 370 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 648 g

Reihe: Heidelberger althistorische Beiträge und epigraphische Studien (HABES)

The civil wars of the first century BCE disrupted Roman society, which in turn was a major cause of the destabilisation of the political system. While this has of course long been recognised, the cultural dimension of the disintegration of the res publica demands equal attention. The present volume aims for an analysis of the more implicit, yet fundamental effects which the increasingly militarised conflict had on Roman society, starting with the assumption that the radical dynamics and intrinsic brutality constituted a completely new experience for contemporaries. To solve this problem, Romans of the late Republican period devised multiple strategies for coping with the phenomenon of civil war. While some turned to narrative patterns deployed by the Greeks who had been accustomed to civil conflict for centuries, the bella civilia also influenced many other aspects of cultural life. The latent fear of permanent civil strife thus became a source of innovation on multiple levels which (re-)shaped Roman collective imaginary. The resulting structures and developments constituted a highly elaborate and comprehensive “culture of civil war”.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Börm, Henning

Gotter, Ulrich

Havener, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Bürgerkriege
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation

Über Autor(innen)

Havener, Wolfgang
Wolfgang Havener is lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Heidelberg.

Börm, Henning
Henning Börm is professor of Ancient History at the University of Rostock.

Gotter, Ulrich
Ulrich Gotter is professor of Ancient History at the University of Konstanz.