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Volume 25, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1250-7334
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Cet article examine la façon dont Maxence a tenté de s’ériger en véritable empereur romain, installé à Rome alors même qu’il tentait de s’insérer dans le nouveau monde de la tétrarchie de son temps. Pour ce faire, sont évaluées aussi bien les relations de Maxence avec le Sénat, l’église chrétienne, le peuple romain et les soldats, que sa stratégie politique telle qu’elle peut être comprise à travers les vestiges archéologiques ambigus des monuments contemporains ou encore les regalia récemment découvertes. L’installation de l’empereur à Rome a offert à ce dernier une certaine légitimité idéologique et ouvert des opportunités ; mais elle a également mis en évidence des faiblesses stratégiques significatives qui ont montré que Rome devenait désormais une résidence incommode et impropre pour les empereurs du e siècle, puisque la présence de l’empereur dans la Ville devenait problématique pour les deux parties.

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