L’Imperator Caesar Augustus, protecteur et garant de la paix. Variations sur un même thème des discours et pratiques impériales

This article looks at the Imperial discourse that gradually emerged from Augustus onwards, right up to the posture of the princes of the 3rd and 4th centuries in the face of barbarian incursions, in order to measure the extent to which the figure of the princeps, the holder of the imperium domi et m...

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Main Author: Stéphane Benoist
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Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires de Caen 2024-01-01
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/kentron/6798
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description This article looks at the Imperial discourse that gradually emerged from Augustus onwards, right up to the posture of the princes of the 3rd and 4th centuries in the face of barbarian incursions, in order to measure the extent to which the figure of the princeps, the holder of the imperium domi et militiae, was elaborately constructed as both a conqueror at the head of his armies of new territories and a guarantor of peace. The sources used are primarily epigraphic and numismatic, leading on to a approach by the Latin abbreviators and the Historia Augusta, at the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries, depicting an (impossible, utopian?) return to eternal / perpetual peace in a world that was nonetheless under attack from the barbarians, before the traumatic capture of Rome in 410. Words and images work together to identify thepersonaof the prince and the destiny of the vast imperial territory under his control. The good prince can both lead his soldiers to victory and claim a return to peace that benefits everyone.
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L’Imperator Caesar Augustus, protecteur et garant de la paix. Variations sur un même thème des discours et pratiques impériales
Kentron
Roman Empire
Augustus
Constantine
imperial discourse
imperial titulature
inscriptions
title L’Imperator Caesar Augustus, protecteur et garant de la paix. Variations sur un même thème des discours et pratiques impériales
title_full L’Imperator Caesar Augustus, protecteur et garant de la paix. Variations sur un même thème des discours et pratiques impériales
title_fullStr L’Imperator Caesar Augustus, protecteur et garant de la paix. Variations sur un même thème des discours et pratiques impériales
title_full_unstemmed L’Imperator Caesar Augustus, protecteur et garant de la paix. Variations sur un même thème des discours et pratiques impériales
title_short L’Imperator Caesar Augustus, protecteur et garant de la paix. Variations sur un même thème des discours et pratiques impériales
title_sort l imperator caesar augustus protecteur et garant de la paix variations sur un meme theme des discours et pratiques imperiales
topic Roman Empire
Augustus
Constantine
imperial discourse
imperial titulature
inscriptions
url http://journals.openedition.org/kentron/6798
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