title: Reconsidering the imperium infinitum of Marcus Antonius Creticus
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metadata.value: Kudryavtseva, Tatyana V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-10-25T15:04:09Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-10-25T15:04:09Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-09
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metadata.value: Kudryavtseva T. V. Reconsidering the imperium infinitum of Marcus Antonius Creticus. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2019, vol. 64, iss. 3, рp. 937–950.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2019.307
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/16428
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: One of the most vivid examples of emergency Roman powers during the period of the Late
  Republic is the authority to combat pirates, among which — Marcus Antonius Creticus’s
  ‘unlimited imperium’ received in 74 B. C. Imperium infinitum prompted a historiographic
  debate which does not merely concern the nature and capacity of the former, but the very
  fact of the existence of such an imperium. An opinion was voiced that this phantom originated
  in Cicero’s rhetorical embellishment and the excessive enthrallment of T. Mommsen
  with the reconstruction of Roman state law. Numerous researchers still agree on the existence
  of the imperium infinitum, but interpret it in different ways. Most frequently they follow in
  T. Mommsen’s tracks in infusing this concept with a spatial/geographical sense — command
  of several, rather than one province, without clear borders. In order to elucidate the novelty
  introduced by Antonius’s command to the practice of emergency appointments, the article
  thoroughly examines the circumstances of its emergence based on the said sources, along with
  Antonius’s actions in Sicily, Liguria and Spain, as well as in the Eastern Mediterranean. The
  conclusion is as follows: it is unlikely that the official term ‘imperium infinitum’ existed at that
  time. However, Marcus Antonius’s command does, in fact, demonstrate that the ‘unlimited
  imperium’ is not merely Cicero’s rhetorical find, but actually a new type of executive authority
  that emerged in the late 70s B. C. The appearance of the word ‘infinitum’ in the unofficial
  definitions of Antonius’s imperium is explained by its omnitude and vast expanse, which most
  certainly impressed its contemporaries.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 64; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Late Roman Republic
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: M. Antonius
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: extraordinary command
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: imperium infinitum
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: war against the pirates
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Reconsidering the imperium infinitum of Marcus Antonius Creticus
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metadata.value: Article
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