гражданские войны в Риме

Одним из важ­ней­ших направ­ле­ний дея­тель­но­сти Цеза­ря в граж­дан­ской войне ста­ло про­веде­ние поли­ти­ки, полу­чив­шей в исто­рио­гра­фии назва­ние «cle­men­tia Cae­sa­ris». Ни один иссле­до­ва­тель, обра­тив­ший­ся к опи­са­нию меро­при­я­тий дик­та­то­ра, не обо­шел вни­ма­ни­ем уди­ви­тель­ную мяг­кость Цеза­ря по отно­ше­нию к побеж­ден­но­му про­тив­ни­ку. Как пра­ви­ло, кон­ста­ти­ру­ют­ся два момен­та:

The authors analyze Ugo Laffi’s and Francois Hinard’s conception of the “myth of Sulla” and its critics by Alexandra Eckert. Laffi attributes the ap­pea­rance of Sulla’s image as the cruel tyrant (i.e. of the “myth of Sulla”) to Caesar’s dictatorship, while in Hinard’s opinion it happened later, during Augustan princi­pate. However, Eckert argues that Sulla had the reputation of a cruel tyrant even in his lifetime. The authors agree with Eckert, but make important corrections and additions to her argumentation.

The article is devoted to the question whether a wave of uncontrol­led murders preceded and caused Sullan proscriptions. In modern scholarship these proscriptions are often considered as an instrument that should have cur­bed the bloody chaos, though some authors believe this plan failed.