Pour la mémoire de César
Abstrak
After Caesar’s funeral, already disrupted by popular excesses, a crowd gathered for several weeks on the Forum to honour the deceased and call for revenge against his murderers. This is one of the rare occurrences (apart from the food riots) where people acted autonomously to urge their demands in the public sphere, without being led by a magistrate: the only leader pointed out by our sources is an impostor, the false Marius, who as such had no legitimacy to speak publicly. By meeting to defend Caesar’s memory, the demonstrators protested against the policy of conciliation advocated by Antonius, which left them without a leader. They also asserted their particular collective identities, which found substance in the figure of the deceased: thanks to the special relationship he had built up with the plebs and the veterans, Caesar had become a symbolic figure with whom they could identify.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
Mathias Nicolleau
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2024
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.4000/mondesanciens.5095
- Akses
- Open Access ✓