Defeat on Display: The Public Abuse of Usurpers and Rebels in Late Antiquity
(2024)
Journal Article
Mawdsley, H. (2024). Defeat on Display: The Public Abuse of Usurpers and Rebels in Late Antiquity. Journal of Late Antiquity, 17(1), 35-69
This paper examines the treatment of deposed emperors, defeated usurpers, and other political malcontents in Late Antiquity. During the period, such individuals, or their corpses, were occasionally displayed before the public in some of the major cit... Read More about Defeat on Display: The Public Abuse of Usurpers and Rebels in Late Antiquity.