Le rôle de Fabricius dans les négociations avec Pyrrhus ou l’émergence de la figure de l’ambassadeur à Rome
From 280 to 275, from the battle of Heraclea to that of Benevento, the Roman army repeatedly encounters the Greek and allied troops led by Pyrrhos. Parallel diplomatic exchanges are organised: sources, essentially pro-Roman, are not clear on the contents of the negociations. According to Justinus’s...
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Presses universitaires du Midi
2009-05-01
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| Series: | Pallas |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/14570 |
| Summary: | From 280 to 275, from the battle of Heraclea to that of Benevento, the Roman army repeatedly encounters the Greek and allied troops led by Pyrrhos. Parallel diplomatic exchanges are organised: sources, essentially pro-Roman, are not clear on the contents of the negociations. According to Justinus’s version, seemingly the most ojective, it appears that the Romans negociated the release of the prisoners, thereby accepting a peace agreement with Pyrrhos. More exactly, the Romans chose to strike an alliance with the Epiriote king, thereby forsaking their former allies, the Carthaginians. That policy favourable to an alliance with the Greeks was especially advocated by Fabricius who seemed to have taken advantage of his position as ambassador to put it into practice. By so doing he gave the ambassador an independence and a margin for negociations in complete contradiction to the former Roman diplomatic uses, those of the fetiales. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-0387 2272-7639 |