2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Civil War and Detachment of The Western Senatorial Aristocracies from Roman Imperial Rule
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21K00922
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 03040:History of Europe and America-related
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| Research Institution | Aichi University of Education (2022-2023)
Nagoya University (2021) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | ローマ帝国 / 古代末期 / ガリア / 教会会議 / 司教 / 内戦 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research aims to trace the detachment process of the Western local aristocracies from the Roman imperial system in the late 4th to the 5th century, focusing on civil wars and their aftermath. The research has two main results. First, it clarified the formation process of the memories of civil war losers. In the case of the revolt of Gildo in the early 5th century, local elites like bishops could arbitrarily degrade their political enemy using the image of Gildo. Secondly, the research clarified the imperial intervention in the church politics of southern Gaul in the early 5th century. Investigating the canons of the church councils, papal letters, and the Gallic chronicle has clarified the reason why the emperor chose particular persons for the two metropolitan sees. In addition, I have clarified the terminology of "consistorium" in the sources from the second to the sixth centuries.
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| Free Research Field |
古代末期ローマ史
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究成果の学術的意義としては、ローマ帝国の「衰退」をめぐる近年の研究動向のなかで、その要因としての内戦という理解に実証的裏付けを与えた点がある。とりわけ日本語圏の研究では、帝国衰退の要因をいわゆる「蛮族」に代表される帝国外部集団に注目する傾向がある一方、同時期の内戦はさほど重視されていない。本研究はこのような状況を補う。また４世紀末～５世紀初頭の限られた時期に留まるものの、地理的に近接する北アフリカと南ガリアについて内戦後の政治的・社会的状況の違いを浮かび上がらせることもできた。ローマ帝国の「衰退」は社会的にも関心の高いテーマであり、本研究はその需要に応えるための基盤としても機能する。
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