Tacitus’ Critique of Republicanism in His Germania

IF 0.3 3区 历史学 0 CLASSICS POLIS Pub Date : 2023-09-20 DOI:10.1163/20512996-12340421
Thomas J.B. Cole
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Abstract Although Tacitus began his writing career during the Principate at the end of the first century CE , the dominant approach to thinking about political life was still guided by Republicanism, a constellation of concepts from the mid-first century BCE Roman Republic. Republicanism held that there was only one type of monarchy and that it necessarily precluded libertas . Tacitus, who was living under different iterations of monopolistic power in the Principate, questions this tenet by examining various Germanic tribes. The Germania explores different types of monarchical arrangements, showing that monarchy is not a one-size-fits-all form and that there are significant political differences among the Germanic monarchies, some of which preserve libertas . In this examination, he highlights the inapplicability of Republicanism to a system as dynamic as the Principate.
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塔西佗在《日耳曼尼亚》中对共和主义的批判
虽然塔西佗的写作生涯始于公元一世纪末的元首制时期,但当时对政治生活的思考仍以共和主义为主导,共和主义是公元前一世纪中叶罗马共和国时期的一系列概念。共和主义认为只有一种君主政体,它必然排斥自由。塔西佗,生活在元首制的不同垄断权力下,通过研究不同的日耳曼部落,对这一信条提出了质疑。《日耳曼尼亚》探讨了不同类型的君主政体安排,表明君主政体并非一刀切的形式,日耳曼君主政体之间存在显著的政治差异,其中一些君主政体保留了自由。在这次考察中,他强调共和主义不适用于像元首制这样充满活力的制度。
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