Abstract
Les guerres entre Rome et la Perse au iiie siècle de notre ère ont donné lieu à de vifs échanges rhétoriques entre les deux puissances. Les témoignages de ces échanges fournis par les auteurs romains et leurs éléments rhétoriques faisant référence aux Achéménides ou à Alexandre le Grand ont déjà fait l’objet de nombreux travaux au cours des dernières décennies. Cependant, l’octroi des titres de victoire (cognomina devictarum gentium) Parthicus (Maximus) et Persicus (Maximus) aux empereurs romains, de Sévère Alexandre à Carus, a rarement été analysé en tant que composante de la rhétorique des souverains impériaux romains. On peut également se demander dans quelle mesure cela pouvait refléter la vision que les Romains se faisaient du régime impérial sassanide à ses débuts. Cet article se livre à cette enquête, en étudiant également les circonstances dans lesquelles le titre de Parthicus (Maximus) a cessé d’être attribué aux empereurs romains.
=The wars between Rome and Persia in the 3rd century AD resulted in heated rhetorical exchanges between the two powers. The testimonies of these exchanges provided by Roman authors and their rhetorical elements referring to the Achaemenids or to Alexander the Great have already been the subject of numerous studies over the past decades. However, the granting of the victory titles (cognomina devictarum gentium) Parthicus (Maximus) and Persicus (Maximus) to Roman emperors, from Severus Alexander to Carus, has rarely been analyzed as a component of the rhetoric of Roman imperial rulers. One can also wonder to what extent this could reflect the vision that the Romans had of the Sasanian imperial regime at its beginnings. This article engages in this investigation, also studying the circumstances in which the title of Parthicus (Maximus) ceased to be attributed to Roman emperors.
=The wars between Rome and Persia in the 3rd century AD resulted in heated rhetorical exchanges between the two powers. The testimonies of these exchanges provided by Roman authors and their rhetorical elements referring to the Achaemenids or to Alexander the Great have already been the subject of numerous studies over the past decades. However, the granting of the victory titles (cognomina devictarum gentium) Parthicus (Maximus) and Persicus (Maximus) to Roman emperors, from Severus Alexander to Carus, has rarely been analyzed as a component of the rhetoric of Roman imperial rulers. One can also wonder to what extent this could reflect the vision that the Romans had of the Sasanian imperial regime at its beginnings. This article engages in this investigation, also studying the circumstances in which the title of Parthicus (Maximus) ceased to be attributed to Roman emperors.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 57-66 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Antiquite Tardive |
Volume | 30 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2023 |