Invectivity in arenas of ritualised communication in the Roman republic and imperial period (A)

该研究项目探讨了公共政治空间中辱骂的发生，提出了一个问题，即在罗马相当粗糙的沟通环境中，一个人必须忍受多少侮辱，以及在什么情况下最终达到“不归点”。比较罗马共和国和罗马帝国时期意味着比较两种不同的政治制度，这两种制度在竞技场（即稳定的和仪式化的交流空间）方面基本相同，但在权力分配方面有很大的不同。这项研究关注的是谩骂的界限和阈值的变化。

The research project explores the occurrence of invectives in the public political space posing the question how much insult one had to endure in the rather rough communication climate of Rome and in what situations the ‘point of no return’ was eventually reached. Comparing the Roman republic and the Roman imperial period means comparing two distinct political systems that are largely identical in regards to the arenas (i.e. stabilized and ritualised spaces of communication), but profoundly different in matters of the allocation of power. The research’s concern will be the shift of limits and thresholds of invectivity.