Vervaet The High Command in the Roman Republic

The Principle of the summum imperium auspiciumque from 509 to 19 BCE
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-515-10788-4
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 232, 369 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Historia – Einzelschriften.

While 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vervaet, Frederik J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;TABLE OF CONTENTS;8
2;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;10
3;INTRODUCTION;12
4;1 THE IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE;18
4.1;1.1. INTRODUCTION;18
4.2;1.2. IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE;23
4.3;1.3. DUCTUS AUSPICIUMQUE – DUCTUS IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE.;24
4.4;1.4. CONCLUSION;27
5;2 THE PRINCIPLE OF THE SUMMUM IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE;30
5.1;2.1. INTRODUCTION: THE SUMMUM IMPERIUM – A MATTER OF DEFINITION;30
5.2;2.2. COLLEGIATE RULE AND THE UNITY OF THE HIGH COMMAND: THE TURNUS OF THE FASCES;31
5.3;2.3. CONCLUSION: THE TURNUS OF THE FASCES AND THE SUMMUM IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE;52
6;3 SUMMUM IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE AND PROUINCIA;55
6.1;3.1. INTRODUCTION: THE CONCEPT OF PROUINCIA;55
6.2;3.2. IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE AND PROUINCIA;56
6.3;3.3. CONCLUSION: CUIUS PROUINCIA, EIUS SUMMUM IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE;67
7;4 THE SUMMUM IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE AND THE IUS TRIUMPHI;69
7.1;4.1. INTRODUCTION: THE DOGMATIC VIEW OF TH. MOMMSEN;69
7.2;4.2. THE DOUBLE TRIUMPH UNDER THE REPUBLIC: THE PRESENT STATE OF THE QUESTION;72
7.3;4.3. THE IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE AS A CONDITION SINE QUA NON FOR FULL TRIUMPHAL HONOURS;79
7.4;4.4. THE SUMMUM IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE AND THE IUS TRIUMPHI;94
7.5;4.5. CONCLUSIVE OBSERVATIONS: CASTING OFF TH. MOMMSEN’S LONG SHADOW;118
8;5 THE CONSULS AND THE PROUINCIAE POPULI ROMANI;132
8.1;5.1. THE CONSULS, THE PROCONSULS AND THE PROVINCES: THE PRESENT STATE OF THE QUESTION;132
8.2;5.2. THE CONSULS AS NATURAL SUMMI IMPERATORES OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC;142
8.3;5.3. THE CONSULS AND THE PROCONSULS: THEORY AND PRACTICE;152
8.4;5.4. THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL STATUS, SENATORIAL RANK AND PERSONAL AUCTORITAS;158
8.5;5.5. EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE EX SENATUS CONSULTO AND/OR E LEGE;163
8.6;5.6. SOME OTHER RELEVANT CASES;176
8.7;5.7. THE NONEXISTENCE OF THE CONDITIONAL CONSULARE IMPERIUM MAIUS QUAM UNDER THE REPUBLIC;186
8.8;5.8. THE CONSULS AND THE SUMMUM IMPERIUM AUSPICIUMQUE: CONCLUSIONS;194
9;6 THE HIERARCHY OF IMPERATORES IN PROUINCIAE PERMIXTAE;199
9.1;6.1. INTRODUCTION;199
9.2;6.2. IMPERATORS WITH THE SAME OFFICIAL STATUS;200
9.3;6.3. IMPERATORS WITH DIFFERENT OFFICIAL STATUSES AND PAR POTESTAS;200
9.4;6.4. IMPERATORS WITH DIFFERENT OFFICIAL STATUSES AND IMPAR POTESTAS;201
9.5;6.5. THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL STATUS, SENATORIAL RANK AND PERSONAL AUCTORITAS;203
9.6;6.6. EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE;213
9.7;6.7. CONCLUSION;214
10;7 THE MONOPOLIZATION OF THE SUPREME COMMAND: FROM CORNELIUS SULLA FELIX TO IMPERATOR CAESAR AUGUSTUS;215
10.1;7.1. INTRODUCTION;215
10.2;7.2. THE DICTATORSHIP OF CORNELIUS SULLA: A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT;216
10.3;7.3. THE COMMANDS OF CN. POMPEIUS MAGNUS: BREAKING NEW GROUND;217
10.4;7.4. CAESAR THE DICTATOR: UNUS SUMMUS IMPERATOR IN TOTO IMPERIO;224
10.5;7.5. THE TRIUMVIRS R.P.C. (43–27 BCE): FROM OLIGOPOLY TO MONOPOLY;240
10.6;7.6. THE AUGUSTAN SETTLEMENTS: THE LASTING SUPREMACY OF IMPERATOR CAESAR;254
10.7;7.7. EPILOGUE: AUGUSTUS AND THE PUBLIC PROVINCES;276
10.8;7.8. CONCLUSIONS;290
11;CONCLUSIONS;294
12;POSTSCRIPT: THE SCOPE OF THE SO-CALLED LEX CURIATA DE IMPERIO;301
12.1;1. INTRODUCTION;301
12.2;2. A CONCISE STATE OF THE QUESTION;302
12.3;3. A CURIATE LAW FOR THE MAGISTRATUS MINORES?;305
12.4;4. THE PRECISE SCOPE OF THE LEX CURIATA DE IMPERIO;311
12.5;5. TIMING AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ROGATIO CURIATA DE IMPERIO;341
12.6;6. THE LEX CENTURIATA DE POTESTATE CENSORIA;344
12.7;7. A CURIATE LAW FOR THE IMPERIA EXTRAORDINARIA?;347
12.8;8. CONCLUSIONS;350
13;BIBLIOGRAPHY;353
14;INDEX OF PERSONS;364
15;INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND PLACES;369

Über Autor(innen)

Vervaet, Frederik J.
Frederik J. Vervaet (PhD Ghent University) is a Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Melbourne and specializes in Roman socio-institutional and political history, and Roman public law. He was a Research Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders, Francqui Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation at the University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Scholar at Wolfson College, Oxford, and Visiting Fellow of the Belgian Historical Institute in Rome at the Academia Belgica.