Hellenistic Royal Wills and Roman Imperialism: Two Political Cultures in the March of History
2007; University of Franche-Comté; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1955-270X
Autores Tópico(s)Classical Antiquity Studies
ResumoHellenistic Royal wills can be approached under the angle of a graeca and/or romana interpretatio of international policy. These diplomatic and legal acts seem to be, much more than has been said, part of a strategy and a culture of coercion. They were directed towards royal interest and independence, which could not meet the antinomic conception of the Romans. The inequality between allies implicit in the declaration of amicitia et societas may have induced them to misunderstand these royal enactments and give them an erroneous sense of submissiveness to Rome. This point of view may have conditioned our own lecture of these ambiguous and complex decisions, which at the same time reflected the evolution of Roman imperialism.
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