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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Tristanen
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-25T13:56:00Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citation146th Annual Meeting Abstracts (The Figure of the Tyrant)en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17918-
dc.description.abstractIdeas of libertas were powerfully resonant in Roman political ideology (eg, Stylow 1972, Wirszubski 1960), particularly in moments of transitions of power. Thus, L. Brutus was celebrated by Tacitus as founding the consulship and libertas (Ann. 1.1) and Augustus in his Res Gestae claims as his first achievement the liberation of the state from an oppressive faction (Res Ges. 1.1). The theme of libertas thus seems ideal for exploitation in justifying the deposition of a reigning emperor or usurper. This paper will explore the extent to which this possibility was exploited by usurpers from Galba through to Magnentius, with a focus on imperial coinage, which is often the only way that we have access to the ideology of failed imperial claimants. It will be argued that the first successful usurper, Galba, made extensive use of the theme of libertas. He made his proclamation of rebellion at a ceremony of manumission (Suet. Galba 10.1) and coins were also struck in Spain during his usurpation echoing those celebrating libertas that had been struck in Brutus' name after his assassination of Caesar, featuring two daggers and a pilleus (RIC I p. 205 no. 24; Crawford 1974, no. 508/3).en
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dc.publisherSociety for Classical Studiesen
dc.relation.ispartof146th Annual Meeting Abstractsen
dc.titleLiberator or Tyrannus? The Ideology of Libertas in Usurpation and Civil Waren
dc.typeConference Publicationen
dc.relation.conferenceSCS 2015: 146th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studiesen
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dc.subject.keywordsClassical Greek and Roman Historyen
local.contributor.firstnameTristanen
local.subject.for2008210306 Classical Greek and Roman Historyen
local.subject.seo2008970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailttaylo33@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20150720-12108en
local.date.conference8th - 11th January, 2015en
local.conference.placeNew Orleans, United States of Americaen
local.publisher.placePhiladelphia, United States of Americaen
local.identifier.runningnumber46.6en
local.url.openhttps://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/146/abstract/liberator-or-tyrannus-ideology-libertas-usurpation-and-civil-waren
local.identifier.issueThe Figure of the Tyranten
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local.contributor.lastnameTayloren
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local.title.maintitleLiberator or Tyrannus? The Ideology of Libertas in Usurpation and Civil Waren
local.output.categorydescriptionE3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publicationen
local.relation.urlhttps://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/146/abstractsen
local.conference.detailsSCS 2015: 146th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, New Orleans, United States of America, 8th - 11th January, 2015en
local.search.authorTaylor, Tristanen
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local.year.published2015en
local.subject.for2020430305 Classical Greek and roman historyen
local.subject.seo2020280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeologyen
local.subject.seo2020280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studiesen
local.date.start2015-01-08-
local.date.end2015-01-11-
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