Under the Principate the two chief factors of legitimacy were the endorsement of the army and the acknowledgement by the senate; in late antiquity they became more and more weak, while the role of religion was growing: in Rome usurpers like Eugenius, Attalus and John in AD 423 sought for the support of pagan aristocrats and Christian minorities (e.g. the Arians), being unconcerned about the Pope; on the contrary in the Western territories usurpers like Magnentius, Magnus Maximus and Constantine III sought for the support of the Catholic bishops, whose legitimation role was by then prevailing
Zecchini, G., Per una fenomenologia delle usurpazioni nella tarda antichità, <<OCCIDENTE ORIENTE>>, 2020; (1): 107-116 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/160905]
Per una fenomenologia delle usurpazioni nella tarda antichità
Zecchini, Giuseppe
2020
Abstract
Under the Principate the two chief factors of legitimacy were the endorsement of the army and the acknowledgement by the senate; in late antiquity they became more and more weak, while the role of religion was growing: in Rome usurpers like Eugenius, Attalus and John in AD 423 sought for the support of pagan aristocrats and Christian minorities (e.g. the Arians), being unconcerned about the Pope; on the contrary in the Western territories usurpers like Magnentius, Magnus Maximus and Constantine III sought for the support of the Catholic bishops, whose legitimation role was by then prevailingI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.