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Title: | Between Clemency and Genocide: The Representation of Mass-Violence in Praise of the Roman Emperors | Contributor(s): | Taylor, Tristan (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2017 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31297 | Open Access Link: | https://law.uq.edu.au/iags2017/program![]() |
Abstract: | An early fifth century CE Roman triumphal inscription celebrates the apparent extinguishment of the nation of the Goths (ILS 798). In the same era, however, the poet Claudian praises Rome as formidable in war, but gentle towards subdued foreign nations (De Bello Gildonico 97-8), echoing the poet Vergil's famous injunction of proper Roman behaviour (Aeneid 6.853). This paper will explore the tension between the celebration of clemency (clementia) towards conquered peoples and the praise of their extermination in Roman imperial ideology as represented in Latin panegyric: oratory and poetry praising emperors. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | IAGS 2017 Conference: 13th Meeting of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Brisbane, Australia, 9th - 13th July, 2017 | Source of Publication: | The Thirteenth Meeting of the International Association of Genocide Scholars: Program, p. 66-66 | Publisher: | University of Queensland | Place of Publication: | Brisbane, Australia | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 430305 Classical Greek and Roman history | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 130704 Understanding Europe’s past | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication |
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Appears in Collections: | Conference Publication School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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