de.hypothesesOn a hot, sweltering day in August 389 CE, Latinius Pacatus Drepaniu was faced with a difficult task: Priasing a triumphant victory in a civil war in front of an audience that included many who had supported the loser. In a true masterstroke, he turned defeat into contrast and victory into legitimacy, writes Susanna Elm⬇️
“Delicate and Fluid:” Gender and Civil War in Late Antiquity
On a hot, sweltering day in August 389 CE, the Senate House in Rome was packed. Clad in their shiny white toga, a carefully folded and rather uncomfortable woolen robe, often adorned with a broad purple stripe, the Roman senators had come to listen to an honored speaker praise the recent victory of their emperor […]
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