Political Assassination and Monarchical Rule in the Hellenistic Period

希腊化时期的政治暗杀与君主统治

• 批准号: 397472831
• 负责人: Dr. Anja Busch
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Arbeitsbereich Alte Geschichte
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/397472831?language=en
• 关键词: Political; Assassination; Monarchical; Rule; Hellenistic

Assassinations of politically significant persons have been a means of asserting various political interests in all eras and in all societies. The Hellenistic monarchies were particularly characterised by conflicts over the ruler's throne. These were promoted by the lack of mandatory succession regulations. Only affiliation to the dynasty was a factor in legitimate succession to the throne.Therefore, not only the monarch himself was constantly threatened by attacks from his immediate surroundings, but also all the king's relatives and people in his closer environment had to fear being eliminated by the king as a potential threat. Therefore, not only the monarch himself was constantly threatened by attacks from his immediate surroundings, but also all the king's relatives and people in his closer environment had to fear being eliminated by the king as a potential threat. The question therefore arises as to how a monarch who had secured his rule only by murdering his relatives or other persons close to him, perhaps even only by murdering his predecessor and various pretenders, could legitimise himself. In modern research, the charisma of the ruler is often referred to as the basis for the legitimation of power in Hellenism. However, charisma had first to be developed and proven. This is followed by the question of the elites and members of the court or those politically relevant social groups who, in interaction with the ruler, conceded his charisma or withdrew acceptance of it. The latter could in turn result in the ruler's death. The competition between individual courtiers for the favour of the ruler and the best possible social position at court could also be a threat to the monarch and his relatives. In the strongly hierarchical court societies there was a permanent struggle for power. The Hellenistic monarchies were therefore highly fragile systems. Politically motivated assassinations were virtually the order of the day.This project examines murder as the most extreme form of violence in the context of monarchical rule in Hellenistic times. With the help of modern sociological concepts relating to the triad of power - rule - violence (e.g. following Max Weber and Hannah Arendt) and with regard to the question of the relationship between them in the political discourse of antiquity, the project will contribute to the understanding of monarchical structures of rule and court societies in Hellenistic times.

对政治意义的人的暗杀一直是主张所有时代和所有社会中各种政治利益的一种手段。希腊化的君主制特别是统治者宝座的冲突。这些是由于缺乏强制性继承法规而促进的。只有与王朝的隶属关系是王位合法继承的一个因素。因此，不仅君主本人不断受到周围周围环境的攻击的威胁，而且在他近距离环境中，所有国王的亲戚和人们都必须担心国王被国王淘汰是一种潜在的威胁。因此，不仅君主本人不断受到周围周围环境的袭击的威胁，而且国王的所有亲戚和近距离环境中的所有人都必须担心被国王淘汰是一种潜在的威胁。因此，出现了一个问题，即只有谋杀他的亲戚或其他人，甚至只有谋杀他的前任和各种假装者才能使自己合法化的君主如何通过谋杀他的亲戚或其他人来确保自己的统治。在现代研究中，统治者的魅力通常被称为希腊化权力合法化的基础。但是，魅力首先要开发和证明。接下来是精英和法院成员或与统治者互动的政治相关社会群体的问题，他们承认了他的魅力或撤回了对此的接受。后者反过来可能导致统治者的死亡。各个朝臣之间竞争统治者的支持与法庭上最好的社会地位也可能对君主及其亲戚构成威胁。在强烈的等级法院社会中，有一场永久性的权力斗争。因此，希腊君主制是高度脆弱的系统。政治动机的暗杀实际上是当天的秩序。该项目将谋杀视为在希腊时代君主制统治的背景下最极端的暴力形式。借助与权力三合会有关的现代社会学概念 - 统治 - 暴力行为（例如，遵循Max Weber和Hannah Arendt之后），以及在古代政治论述中之间关系的问题，该项目将有助于对希腊时代统治和法院社会的统治结构的理解。