Les nouveaux Sylla : violence de l’empereur et discours sur la mémoire des violences civiles sous Septime Sévère et Caracalla
This paper focuses on direct references made by Septimus Severus and Caracalla to Sylla and, more widely, to a memory of civil unrest in republican or imperial times. They are the cornerstone of a dialogue between emperor and senators in which the imperial institution appropriated the imagery of sev...
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| description | This paper focuses on direct references made by Septimus Severus and Caracalla to Sylla and, more widely, to a memory of civil unrest in republican or imperial times. They are the cornerstone of a dialogue between emperor and senators in which the imperial institution appropriated the imagery of severity (or cruelty depending on the point of view) related to the memory of Sulla’s dictatorship. These images acquire a performative value in a context of reaffirming imperial authority and enrich an “imperial” memory of Sylla, which was partially inherited from the past. Several monuments, such as the Equus Seueri, show that this ambivalent memory was claimed as part of a continuum of examples that contributes to build the public image of the emperors of the dynasty. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e3d4ad5212ea469e92cdaea0465f27d42025-08-20T02:32:41ZfraUniversity of Ottawa & Laval UniversityCahiers des Études Anciennes0317-50651923-27132025-04-0162Les nouveaux Sylla : violence de l’empereur et discours sur la mémoire des violences civiles sous Septime Sévère et CaracallaBertrand CahutThis paper focuses on direct references made by Septimus Severus and Caracalla to Sylla and, more widely, to a memory of civil unrest in republican or imperial times. They are the cornerstone of a dialogue between emperor and senators in which the imperial institution appropriated the imagery of severity (or cruelty depending on the point of view) related to the memory of Sulla’s dictatorship. These images acquire a performative value in a context of reaffirming imperial authority and enrich an “imperial” memory of Sylla, which was partially inherited from the past. Several monuments, such as the Equus Seueri, show that this ambivalent memory was claimed as part of a continuum of examples that contributes to build the public image of the emperors of the dynasty.https://journals.openedition.org/etudesanciennes/6420proscriptionsSeptimius SeverusCaracallaCommodusEquus SeueriSylla |
| spellingShingle | Bertrand Cahut Les nouveaux Sylla : violence de l’empereur et discours sur la mémoire des violences civiles sous Septime Sévère et Caracalla Cahiers des Études Anciennes proscriptions Septimius Severus Caracalla Commodus Equus Seueri Sylla |
| title | Les nouveaux Sylla : violence de l’empereur et discours sur la mémoire des violences civiles sous Septime Sévère et Caracalla |
| title_full | Les nouveaux Sylla : violence de l’empereur et discours sur la mémoire des violences civiles sous Septime Sévère et Caracalla |
| title_fullStr | Les nouveaux Sylla : violence de l’empereur et discours sur la mémoire des violences civiles sous Septime Sévère et Caracalla |
| title_full_unstemmed | Les nouveaux Sylla : violence de l’empereur et discours sur la mémoire des violences civiles sous Septime Sévère et Caracalla |
| title_short | Les nouveaux Sylla : violence de l’empereur et discours sur la mémoire des violences civiles sous Septime Sévère et Caracalla |
| title_sort | les nouveaux sylla violence de l empereur et discours sur la memoire des violences civiles sous septime severe et caracalla |
| topic | proscriptions Septimius Severus Caracalla Commodus Equus Seueri Sylla |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/etudesanciennes/6420 |
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