Making a Request to the Emperor
Rescripts in the Roman Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20045507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sirks A J B (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Pages | 121-135 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Administration, Prosopography and Appointment Policies in the Roman Empire (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004401617_011 |
| OpenAlex | W2981285472 |
| ISBN | 9789004401617 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
On the Ides of March, Julius Caesar walked towards the Senate, when someone gave hirn a letter, disclosing the conjuration against hirn. But Caesar put it with the other letters he kept in his left hand, to read it later: libellumque insidiarum indicem ab obvio quodam porrectum libellis ceteris quos sinistra manu tenebat, quasi mox lecturus commiscuit (Suetonius, Vita Caesaris 82). We see that handing over a letter to a magistrate has a long tradition in Rome. I want to focus on those letters, which contained a request. It is certainly no fresh field. After Wilcken
Ancient history · Art · Emperor · Empire · Roman Empire · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Architectural Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |