Civil War in Ancient Greece and Rome: Contexts of Disintegration and Reintegration

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Civil war is the most radical form of political conflict. This volume analyses the impact of civil war on society and culture in Greco-Roman antiquity. The collected papers examine phenomena such as tyrannicide, staseis and usurpations from the classical age to late antiquity. The focus lies on the lasting impact violence and disorder had on political discourse and memory culture. In particular, the contributions explore how internal conflicts were staged and performed. Beyond spectacular triumphal celebrations there existed a broad range of symbolic forms of communication pertaining to civil war: rituals of reconciliation, reintegration and restoration as well as acts of commemoration and condemnation. The multidisciplinary volume aims at contributing to a better understanding of the performative and communicative logic of civil conflict within the ancient societies of Greece and Rome. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION CIVIL WARS IN GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITY: CONTEXTUALISING DISINTEGRATION AND REINTEGRATION PART ONE: FROM THE CLASSICAL AGE TO THE EARLY PRINCIPATE STASIS UND SOZIALISATION. ÜBERLEGUNGEN ZUR FUNKTION DES GYMNASTISCHEN IN DER POLIS CIVIL WAR AND CIVIC RECONCILIATION IN A SMALL GREEK POLIS: TWO ACTS OF THE SAME DRAMA? HARMONIE UND WELTHERRSCHAFT. DIE STASIS BEI POLYBIOS HELLENISTISCHE POLEIS UND RÖMISCHER BÜRGERKRIEG. STASIS IM GRIECHISCHEN OSTEN NACH DEN IDEN DES MÄRZ (44 BIS 39 V. CHR.) PERFORMING PASSIONS, NEGOTIATING SURVIVAL: ITALIAN CITIES IN THE LATE REPUBLICAN CIVIL WARS TRIUMPHUS EX BELLO CIVILI? DIE PRÄSENTATION DES BÜRGERKRIEGSSIEGES IM SPÄTREPUBLIKANISCHEN TRIUMPHRITUAL PART TWO: FROM THE HIGH EMPIRE TO LATE ANTIQUITY JUPITER, DIE FLAVIER UND DAS KAPITOL ODER: WIE MAN EINEN BÜRGERKRIEG GEWINNT „TROPHÄEN, DIE NICHT VOM ÄUSSEREN FEINDE GEWONNEN WURDEN, TRIUMPHE, DIE DER RUHM MIT BLUT BEFLECKT DAVON TRUG …“. DER SIEG IM IMPERIALEN BÜRGERKRIEG IM ‚LANGEN DRITTEN JAHRHUNDERT‘ ALS AMBIVALENTES EREIGNIS GREAT PRETENDERS: ELEVATIONS OF ‘GOOD’ USURPERS IN ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY MAXENTIUS’ HEAD AND THE RITUALS OF CIVIL WAR THE LAW’S AVENGER: EMPEROR JULIAN IN CONSTANTINOPLE RITUALE ALS MEDIEN POLITISCHER AUSHANDLUNGEN IN DEN BÜRGERKRIEGEN DER SPÄTANTIKE HOW THE CIRCUS AND THEATRE FACTIONS COULD HELP PREVENT CIVIL WAR EPILOGUE THE IMPALED KING: A HEAD AND ITS CONTEXT GENERAL INDEX