DALLA ROSA, Alberto

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DALLA ROSA, Alberto
Ausonius-Institut de recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen âge
LabEx Sciences archéologiques de Bordeaux [LASCARBX]

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Priests and State in the Roman World. 2008 n° 33, p. 241--267

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This paper tries to make sense of the strange case of the victories of C. Carrinas over the Morini and the Suebi in 30/29 BC, for which a triumph was awarded to both him and Octavian. Although a strict interpretation of the augural law (represented e.g. in Cic. div. 2, 9 and nat. deor. 2, 76–77) regarded the promagistrates as deprived of the auspices, centuries of practice and the triumph of Carrinas himself show that proconsuls were considered as having valid military auspices. What the sources tell us, is that in many cases a proconsul could accept to be subordinated to the auspices of a consul, notwithstanding their parity of imperium. Therefore, what Octavian tried to do was to have the preeminence of his auspices recognised by the senate with the concession of a triumph for Carrinas’ victories. Nevertheless the assembly did not completely conceded to Octavian and had the independent position of the proconsul confirmed by the award of a triumph to him as well. Finally, the case of Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, subordinated to the auspices of Augustus during his proconsulship of Africa in AD 6–8, shows that Caesar’s heir finally found a way to obtain the superiority that he had sought at the end of the triumvirate.< Réduire

Mots clés en anglais

Augural law

Augustus Emperor of Rome 63 B.C.-14 A.D

Auspices

C. Carrinas

Imperium (Roman law)

M. Licinius Crassus

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Importé de hal

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Ausonius - UMR 5607