Hadrian’s Adoption Speech in Cassius Dio’s Roman History and the Problems of Imperial Succession

Davenport, Caillan; Mallan, C.T.

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“…On the importance of this new system as reflected in literature, see Williams (1978) 274. On the issue of adoption and succession in Cassius Dio, see Davenport and Mallan (2014).…”

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Running in the Family: Inheritance and Family Resemblance in Suetonius’Lives of the Caesars

Garrett

2022

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The ancestry sections in Suetonius’ Lives of the Caesars demonstrate the inheritance of character traits down the family line. The effectiveness of this as a rhetorical technique rests on an expectation of inheritance and resemblance along the family line. This study investigates the mechanism of that resemblance from the evidence available in Suetonius’ text—nature or nurture?—and then proposes that since the mechanism appears to be not quite the same as that evidenced in earlier writers, the biographer's model of inheritance and degeneration is part of a conversation about succession to the principate. Part one sets out the patterns of resemblance/difference that appear from the lists of ancestors, part two the evidence for nature and nurture of character traits in Suetonius’ Lives, and part three compares the way resemblance works in Suetonius with the way it works in other authors. As modern views on nature and nurture have changed with social and political changes, the final section proposes that the changes over the first century of the principate have to do with the political and social changes in that period. Suetonius’ model of hereditary vice, not hereditary virtue, arises from a disaffection with the system of hereditary succession.

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“…On the importance of this new system as reflected in literature, see Williams (1978) 274. On the issue of adoption and succession in Cassius Dio, see Davenport and Mallan (2014).…”

Section: A Response To the Changing Political System?mentioning

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Running in the Family: Inheritance and Family Resemblance in Suetonius’Lives of the Caesars

Garrett

2022

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“…214-224. See for discussion Lenski (2002) 89-92; Heather and Moncur (2001) 146, and for similar comments regarding imperial accessions in an earlier period, Davenport and Mallan (2014) 661-2.…”

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Constantia: The Last Constantinian

McEvoy¹

2016

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This article highlights the significant role played by Constantia, posthumous daughter of the emperor Constantius II, in late fourth century dynastic politics and ideology. Though Constantia has generally been neglected in modern studies of the period, close examination of the surviving sources reveals her pivotal position, even from her earliest years, as a coveted link between the Constantinian dynasty and new emperors seeking to establish themselves and their families in the turbulent years of the 360s, 370s and 380s AD. Through investigation of the source material relating to Constantia's short life, we gain further vital insight into the perennial importance to imperial politics of dynastic loyalty, and specifically loyalty to the Constantinian house, in the late fourth century, as well as emerging new ideas about the complexities of the marriages of imperial women.

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Krisen in der Blütezeit? Zur Nachfolgefrage und zum Regionalkonflikt als systemimmanente Krisensituationen in der frühen und hohen Kaiserzeit

Schropp¹

2023

Universal- Und Kulturhistorische Studien. Studies in Universal and Cultural History

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Hadrian’s Adoption Speech in Cassius Dio’s Roman History and the Problems of Imperial Succession

Cited by 4 publications

References 69 publications

Running in the Family: Inheritance and Family Resemblance in Suetonius’Lives of the Caesars

Running in the Family: Inheritance and Family Resemblance in Suetonius’Lives of the Caesars

Constantia: The Last Constantinian

Krisen in der Blütezeit? Zur Nachfolgefrage und zum Regionalkonflikt als systemimmanente Krisensituationen in der frühen und hohen Kaiserzeit

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