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dc.title	“From the Center to the Periphery – and Vice Versa”. On Ausonius, Ordo Urbium Nobilium, and Prudentius, Peristephanon
dc.contributor.author	Smolak Kurt
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/lexis-journal/2021/2/vom-zentrum-an-die-peripherie-und-umgekehrt/
dc.description.abstract	This article deals with the relationship between an urban center and peripheries in two Latin pieces of ʻcollected poetry’: Ausonius’ catalogue of cities of the Empire, Ordo urbium nobilium, and Prudentius’ cycle of hymns on Christian martyrs of the Western Romania, the Peristephanon. In both collections Rome, diametrically opposed in the initial and final positions, points to the geometric center of the orbis terrarum, in each poem for both an objective and a subjective reason: Ausonius was writing as a former consul in ca. 389, Prudentius as a pilgrim in ca. 399. The latter may have compiled his cycle as a Christian counterpart to Ausonius’ Ordo, starting with the Passio of the ideal Christian Roman by name, Romanus, and ending in historical Rome at the tomb of Agnes.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis
dc.relation.ispartof	Num. 39 (n.s.) – Dicembre 2021 – Fasc. 2
dc.issued	2021-12-20
dc.dateAccepted	2021-10-20
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-02-24
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-1564
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2021/02/009
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Agnes (martyr)
dc.subject	Agnes (martyr)
dc.subject	Ausonius
dc.subject	Ausonius
dc.subject	Burdigala (Bordeaux)
dc.subject	Burdigala (Bordeaux)
dc.subject	Cult of martyrs
dc.subject	Cult of martyrs
dc.subject	Cyprianus (martyr)
dc.subject	Cyprianus (martyr)
dc.subject	Orbis terrarum
dc.subject	Orbis terrarum
dc.subject	Ordo urbium nobilium
dc.subject	Ordo urbium nobilium
dc.subject	Periphery
dc.subject	Periphery
dc.subject	Peristephanon
dc.subject	Peristephanon
dc.subject	Pilgrimage
dc.subject	Pilgrimage
dc.subject	Prudentius
dc.subject	Prudentius
dc.subject	Romanus (martyr)
dc.subject	Romanus (martyr)
dc.subject	Rome
dc.subject	Rome
dc.subject	Theodosius I
dc.subject	Theodosius I

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“From the Center to the Periphery – and Vice Versa”

On Ausonius, Ordo Urbium Nobilium, and Prudentius, Peristephanon

Kurt Smolak Universität Wien, Österreich

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This article deals with the relationship between an urban center and peripheries in two Latin pieces of ʻcollected poetry’: Ausonius’ catalogue of cities of the Empire, Ordo urbium nobilium, and Prudentius’ cycle of hymns on Christian martyrs of the Western Romania, the Peristephanon. In both collections Rome, diametrically opposed in the initial and final positions, points to the geometric center of the orbis terrarum, in each poem for both an objective and a subjective reason: Ausonius was writing as a former consul in ca. 389, Prudentius as a pilgrim in ca. 399. The latter may have compiled his cycle as a Christian counterpart to Ausonius’ Ordo, starting with the Passio of the ideal Christian Roman by name, Romanus, and ending in historical Rome at the tomb of Agnes.

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Dec. 20, 2021

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Oct. 20, 2021

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Feb. 24, 2021

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Keywords: Agnes (martyr) • Burdigala (Bordeaux) • Ausonius • Periphery • Ordo urbium nobilium • Romanus (martyr) • Pilgrimage • Cyprianus (martyr) • Peristephanon • Orbis terrarum • Prudentius • Rome • Cult of martyrs • Theodosius I

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