Publication details
Bellum iustum: Římané a idea spravedlivé války
| Title in English | Bellum iustum: The Romans and the Idea of a Just War |
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| Year of publication | 2026 |
| Type | Requested lectures |
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| Description | War formed part of the everyday reality of Roman citizens since when the City was founded; the Roman value system was closely connected to it. The Romans were careful to present their conflicts as started and conducted justly: they portrayed themselves as those who always aided the oppressed, or those who defended themselves against an enemy aggression. The lecture introduced the most important politico-philosophical considerations on justice with regard to conducting wars and to the Roman supremacy in the Mediterranean (Cicero, Aelius Aristides etc.). These were then confronted with the historical reality of the Roman conquest of the Middle Republic, as presented by the critical voice of the historian Appianus of Alexandria. |
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