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Genséric fossoyeur de la Romanitas africaine?

During his four decades of rule, Genseric appears to many Africans – Catholic and pro-Roman – as the incarnation of the Antichrist. For the African municipal aristocracy he represented the image of a greedy barbarian obsessed with power, the persecutor and the gravedigger of Romanitas. If we look cl...

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Published in:Libyan studies 2018-11, Vol.49, p.93-119
Main Author: Nsiri, Mohamed-Arbi
Format: Article
Language:eng ; fre
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Summary:During his four decades of rule, Genseric appears to many Africans – Catholic and pro-Roman – as the incarnation of the Antichrist. For the African municipal aristocracy he represented the image of a greedy barbarian obsessed with power, the persecutor and the gravedigger of Romanitas. If we look closely, Genseric had learned from the Romans how to manage strength and diplomacy, for negotiating with the Romans in particular. He sought to perpetuate his conquests by organising treaties with Ravenna and Constantinople, which did not prevent him from launching parallel plundering campaigns in Africa and along the coast that brought him respect and financial gain. First king of the vandals, he managed to create the first barbaric state on the territory of the empire. He was the type of leader who can be considered a visionary, bringing to fulfilment the material, political and spiritual conquests of a new era, the Spätantike. خلال فترة حكمه التي امتدت لأربع عقود، مثّلَ جينسريك للأفارقة الكاثوليك المؤيدين للكنيسة تجسيدًا للصورة التوراتية للمسيح الدجال. غير أنه مثل بالنسبة لاعيان المدن و وجهائها صورة البربري الجشع المهووس بتدمير الثقافة والهوية الرومانية أينما حَلّ . و إذا ما امحصنا النظر من خلال التدقيق في المادة المصدرية المتوفرة لدينا نلاحظ دور الذاكرة الجمعية لدى معظم الفاعلين خلال الفترة القديمة المتأخرة في رسم صورة تكاد تكون مشوهة لأول ملوك الجرمان المستقلين عن الادارة الرومانية.
ISSN:0263-7189
2052-6148
DOI:10.1017/lis.2018.12