Dissimulatio nella Roma imperiale: tra Tiberio e Simmaco
This contribution is a heretofore unpublished piece by Marta Sordi, eminent historian of Classic Antiquity at the Università Cattolica of Milan who passed away in 2009. The fundamental meanings of the word and the concept of dissimulatio are identified in sources from the age of the Roman Republic a...
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| Language: | Italian |
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Brepols
2011
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Annali di scienze religiose
Year: 2011, Volume: 4, Pages: 15-19 |
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| Summary: | This contribution is a heretofore unpublished piece by Marta Sordi, eminent historian of Classic Antiquity at the Università Cattolica of Milan who passed away in 2009. The fundamental meanings of the word and the concept of dissimulatio are identified in sources from the age of the Roman Republic and the early Empire. Sordi highlights the acceptation of pretence and rhetorical ploy meant to hide an evil deed and analyses the case of Emperor Tiberius who was charged with dissimulatio but considered this to be his main virtue. Her analysis shows that for Tiberius dissimulatio meant pretending not to see what one does not want to punish, i.e. finding a balance between just severity and guiltless leniency as his way of conveying moderation in exercising power. Albeit in a different historical context and for different reasons, such a stance is demanded of the Christian emperor Valentinian II in Symmachus’s Relatio III-a pagan source from the end of the fourth century. This provoked, however, a firm reaction from Ambrose of Milan who pointed out the ambiguities of a dissimulatio that could all too easily be taken for consensus. |
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| ISSN: | 2294-8775 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annali di scienze religiose
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.ASR.1.102567 |