RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 «Ipse perspicis scilicet»: the relation between army and religion in Constantinian propaganda
A1 Corona Encinas, Alex
K1 Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337
K1 Constantino I, Emperador de Roma
K1 Roman law
K1 Derecho romano
K1 Late Antiquity
K1 Antigüedad tardía
K1 Rome - Army
K1 Roma - Ejército
K1 Political communication
K1 Political Science / Propaganda
K1 Propaganda política
K1 Charisma
K1 Liderazgo
K1 Religion and state
K1 Religión y Estado
K1 5506.12 Historia del Derecho y de las Instituciones Jurídicas
K1 56 Ciencias Jurídicas y Derecho
K1 5902.04 Política de Comunicaciones
K1 5101.10 Religión
AB This study aims to explore the connection between religious and military spheres in Constantinian propaganda. The extensive use of propaganda and the notorious public discourse which involves the dynamics of power during Late Antiquity show how religion and the military played a key role. This principle reaches a singular meaning in the case of emperor Constantine I. To this extent, this paper considers several kinds of sources, which include legal, literary, and numismatic, among others. An analysis of the political uses of imperial constitutions by the emperor (especially CTh 7.20.2) can be of particular interest in order to address the ideas of self-representation and the politics of legitimation. Ultimately, the paper highlights the importance of imperial propaganda in Later Roman society, as well as the transformations in Constantine’s public discourse, where the connection between army and religion shows an evolution from the previous ways of understanding imperial power and where the bond of the ruler with a supreme divinity is a central issue.
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/69242
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/69242
LA eng
NO Religions, 2023, Vol. 14, Nº. 4, 472
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 07-ago-2024