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Journal issue | Num. 39 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2021 – Fasc. 2
Research Article | Drawing Imperial Lines: Sovereignty and Tacitus’ Germanicus
Drawing Imperial Lines: Sovereignty and Tacitus’ Germanicus
- Richard Alston - University of London, UK - email
Abstract
This essay focuses on Germanicus’ performance of sovereign power in Tacitus’ Annales 1-2. That power is seen in the differentiation of citizen from non-citizen and Roman territory from non-Roman territory. Roman violence in Germany contrasts with Germanicus in the East. There he recognised a shared history and community. Sovereign power required a recognition of the sovereign by the citizen and of the citizen by the sovereign. An individual’s membership and a territory’s place within the Roman Empire depended not on innate characteristics but political negotiation. Ancient political geographies gave primacy to the political rather than the territorial in determining citizenship.
Submitted: Feb. 24, 2021 | Accepted: Sept. 25, 2021 | Published Dec. 20, 2021 | Language: en
Keywords Violence • Sovereignty • Germanicus • Tacitus • Mutinies • Annales • Citizenship • Germania
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This essay focuses on Germanicus’ performance of sovereign power in Tacitus’ Annales 1-2. That power is seen in the differentiation of citizen from non-citizen and Roman territory from non-Roman territory. Roman violence in Germany contrasts with Germanicus in the East. There he recognised a shared history and community. Sovereign power required a recognition of the sovereign by the citizen and of the citizen by the sovereign. An individual’s membership and a territory’s place within the Roman Empire depended not on innate characteristics but political negotiation. Ancient political geographies gave primacy to the political rather than the territorial in determining citizenship. |
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Annales |
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Annales |
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Citizenship |
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Citizenship |
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Germania |
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Germania |
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Germanicus |
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Germanicus |
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Mutinies |
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Mutinies |
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Sovereignty |
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Sovereignty |
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Tacitus |
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Tacitus |
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Violence |
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Violence |
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