Layers of Loyalty in Latin Panegyric

Rees, Roger

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“… Sui Panegyrici Latini si veda McCormack (1976), Rees (2002Rees ( ),F ormisano (2008, Rees (2012), Gibson /R ees (2013).  Sulc oncetto di macrotesto ed ella sua applicazione at esti latini si veda Formisano (2016a) eI d. (2016b).…”

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Tarda antichità anacronica. Tra storiografia e panegirico

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2017

Imagines Antiquitatis

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This article explores late antique literarycultureb ym aking use of at heoretical paradigm recentlyf ormulated by the arth istorians A. Nagel and C. Wood in their book Anachronic Renaissance (NewY ork 2010). Though the period treated in the book, the Renaissance, is very different from late antiquity and though it concentratesonartistic productions, in my view the concept of anachronicity (whichisnot the samea sa nachronism) mayb ea pplied with profit to the studyo fl ate antique texts.I np articular, certain keyc oncepts such as the replaceability of the artistic or literaryw ork, imitation of works by themselves, and belatedness,w hich every work and text inevitablyb earsi ni tself,c an illuminates ome of the aspectso fl ate antiqueliterary production that are most interesting,but which are generallyneglected or treated in as uperficial wayp reciselyb ecause they are regarded as either secondary or not at all original. Thesec oncepts can offer al ens through which to read virtuallya ny late antique text,b ut here we concentrate on just two works,t he Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus and the corpus of the Panegyrici Latini,for one reason abovea ll: both belong to literaryg enres,h istoriographya nd panegyric, which maintain ar elation with the past thatcan be defined as structural. While this is obvious in historiography, in the Panegyrici the sacred value of the past is actualized and projected onto the present time, of which the laudandus,t hati s, the emperor, is the perfect expression. At the samet ime, the past itself, vetustas,i sp resented in the guise of myth, thus undergoing aprocess of fictionalization which bears elements that destabilize the historiographic discourse, with which the genre of panegyric enters into open competition. In the work of Ammianus, which occupies aunique position within Latin historiography, traces of this samediscourse can be identified, indicating ac risis in historiographical representation. The paradigmo fa nachronicity throws new light on the close relation of the late antique text to the literary tradition of the past,which, it is true, has alreadybeen widelyinvestigated, but anachronicity makes it one of its most original and surprising traits. Anachronicity reestablishes the value of belatedness in such aw ay that the very definition of 'late antiquity' takes on an ew meaning,p reciselyb ecause 'late' is not limited to defining its chronology, but rather assigns it av alue thati sf undamentally aesthetic. PremessaParlare del concettod ia ntichità ed elle sue rappresentazioni in età tardoantica implica discuterel ' essenza stessa di quell'età che noi, impropriamente, chiamiamo 'tarda' antichità (Spätantike, antiquité tardive, late antiquity). La denominazione data

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“…adeo, sacratissime imperator, multis iam saeculis inter officia est numinis tui superare piratas. The orator alluded here to the republican general Octavius Herrenus, who defeated pirates with the divine assistance of Hercules (Nixon and Saylor Rodgers [1994] 75; Rees [2002] 49–50).…”

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“… 130 On the parallel, see, inter alia , MacCormack (1981) 29; Casey (1994) 142–43; Nixon and Saylor Rodgers (1994) 140 n. 71; Rees (2002) 114.…”

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Carausius and His Brothers: The Construction and Deconstruction of an Imperial Image in the Late Third Century AD

Davenport

2019

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This article examines the public image of the emperor Carausius, a Roman army officer who claimed authority over Britain and parts of Gaul between 286 and 293, in opposition to Diocletian and his Tetrarchic colleagues. Carausius’ coinage celebrated his fleet, his naval prowess, and his divine support from Neptune and Oceanus. These designs were created as part of a strategy to refashion Carausius’ humble background as a sailor into a statement of imperial suitability. However, Carausius’ claims were undermined by the orators who delivered speeches in praise of his Tetrarchic rivals, Maximian and Constantius, in the years 289, 291, and 297. Their panegyrics subverted Carausius’ naval experience and claim to control the Ocean, instead portraying him as a pirate, brigand, and threat to the people of Gaul. After the reconquest of Britain, the medallions and monuments of the Tetrarchic regime commemorated their own naval success and control over the Ocean, suppressing the claims of Carausius. The propaganda campaign against Carausius was driven by the fact that he was an emperor of undistinguished origin, who had risen up through the ranks of the army, just like the Tetrarchs themselves. The emperors wished to distance themselves from their former colleague in order to discourage further rebellion from within the officer corps.

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