Les ressorts politiques d’une falsification historique: Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus et les Ides de Mars

A re-examination of the record leads to establish the guilt of Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus in the conspiracy of Ides of March, a question which has been so long debated. The Ciceronian testimony seems indisputable about it. Convicted as one of the murderers of Caesar under the lex Pedia, Ahenobarbus ow...

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Published in:Historia : Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte 2015-03, Vol.64 (1), p.106-130
Main Authors: Etcheto, Henri, Jougleux, François
Format: Article
Language:fre ; ita
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HISTORIA 2015, 106
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Summary:A re-examination of the record leads to establish the guilt of Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus in the conspiracy of Ides of March, a question which has been so long debated. The Ciceronian testimony seems indisputable about it. Convicted as one of the murderers of Caesar under the lex Pedia, Ahenobarbus owed his exculpation and restitutio only to an opportune alliance with Antonius who sought supporters after the Perusine War. Asinius Pollio himself negotiated this arrangement and reinstatement and eventually obtained the reluctant acceptance of Octavian during the Brundisium Agreement. Then, Pollio promoted this version in his historical account later used by Suetonius and Appian, thus reproducing the « truth » now official about Ahenobarbus’ innocence.
ISSN:0018-2311
2365-3108