Defeat on Display: The Public Abuse of Usurpers and Rebels in Late Antiquity

IF 0.5 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Harry Mawdsley
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This paper examines the treatment of deposed emperors, defeated usurpers, and other political malcontents in Late Antiquity. During the period, such individuals, or their corpses, were occasionally displayed before the public in some of the major cities of the Roman Empire. While this phenomenon has attracted comparatively little attention in the historiography, this paper demonstrates that it can tell us much about late antique society. By studying these displays in detail, it explores the traditions and practices from which they emerged, how their nature and functions evolved over time, and the extent to which they affected the empire's inhabitants. Ultimately, the paper argues that their development during the period reflects a more autocratic political culture but one which still valued and solicited popular participation in the legitimization of power.

展示失败:古代晚期对篡位者和反叛者的公开虐待
摘要:本文探讨了古代晚期被废黜的皇帝、战败的篡夺者和其他政治不满者的待遇。在这一时期,罗马帝国的一些主要城市偶尔会将这些人或他们的尸体示众。虽然这一现象在史学界引起的关注相对较少,但本文证明,它可以告诉我们许多关于晚期古代社会的信息。通过对这些展示的详细研究,本文探讨了它们产生的传统和习俗,它们的性质和功能是如何随着时间的推移而演变的,以及它们对帝国居民的影响程度。最后,本文认为,这些展示在这一时期的发展反映了一种更加专制的政治文化,但这种文化仍然重视并寻求民众参与权力的合法化。
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Journal of Late Antiquity
Journal of Late Antiquity HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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