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The High Command in the Roman Republic

by Frederik J. Vervaet

While the terminology has long been noted, the republican principle of the summum imperium auspiciumque, the high command and the prevailing auspices, has never been subject to comprehensive scrutiny.

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While the terminology has long been noted, the republican principle of the summum imperium auspiciumque, the high command and the prevailing auspices, has never been subject to comprehensive scrutiny. This enquiry for the first time identifies this principle as a coherent concept in Roman constitutional and administrative practice, being the senatorial oligarchy's foremost instrument to reconcile collegiate rule with the necessity of a unified high command. After defining the relevant terms and the scope of the high command both in Rome and in the field, a number of case studies yield striking new insights into the constitutional ramifications for the allocation of public triumphs, the position of the consuls in the provinces, and the official hierarchy in combined commands, highlighting the fascinating interplay between these largely customary rules of engagement and the nobility's own code of honour. This study also casts a provocative new light on how the high command was gradually monopolized by dynasts in the tumultuous period between Sulla's dictatorship and the emergence of the Augustan monarchy. Finally, a postscript addresses the vexed question of the lex curiata de imperio. Awarded with the Woodward Medal in Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Melbourne

Author Biography

Frederik J. Vervaet (PhD Ghent University) is a Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Melbourne and specializes in Roman socio-institutional and political history, and Roman public law. He was a Research Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders, Francqui Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation at the University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Scholar at Wolfson College, Oxford, and Visiting Fellow of the Belgian Historical Institute in Rome at the Academia Belgica.

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"...ein sehr interessantes und anregendes Werk zu einer zentralen Frage der Ordnung der romischen Republik [...], das Forschenden, Lehrenden wie Studierenden dieser Epoche [...] zur Lekture empfohlen werden kann.""V.'s command of both sources and modern scholarship is remarkable. [...] V. has produced a highly substantial and lucidly argued contribution to the understanding of Roman institutional history [...].""... ein wichtiges Werk, das in die Diskussion uber die Eigenschaften des Oberbefehls in der romischen Republik, [...] wesentliche Gedanken und neue Erkenntnisse hineinbringt. Die uberzeugenden Thesen wurden sorgfaltig begrundet.""The thoroughness of the research and the detail of the argument are impressive throughout the monograph..."

Details ISBN3515106308 Author Frederik J. Vervaet Short Title HIGH COMMAND IN THE ROMAN REPU Pages 369 Publisher Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Language English ISBN-10 3515106308 ISBN-13 9783515106306 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Historia - Einzelschriften Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-06-03 Series Number 232 Imprint Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Country of Publication Germany Subtitle The Principle of the Summum Imperium Auspiciumque from 509 to 19 Bce DEWEY 930 Audience General

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  • Language: English
  • ISBN-13: 9783515106306
  • Author: Frederik J. Vervaet
  • Book Title: The High Command in the Roman Republic

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