Drawing Imperial Lines: Sovereignty and Tacitus’ Germanicus

This essay focuses on Germanicus’ performance of sovereign power in Tacitus’ Annales 1-2. That power is seen in the differentiation of citizen from non-citizen and Roman territory from non-Roman territory. Roman violence in Germany contrasts with Germanicus in the East. There he recognised a shar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alston, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2021-12-01
Series:Lexis
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Online Access:http://doi.org/10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2021/02/006