20.500.12556/DKUM-98721 Child emperors in Rome or the domestification of an exception Otroški cesarji v Rimu ali udomačevanje izjeme Child or underage rulers were not uncommon in ancient times, and can be found in almost all ancient cultures. The decisive step in “domesticating the exception” was taken by Valentinian I, the founder of a short-lived Roman dynasty. In AD 367, he immediately appointed his eight-year-old son Gratian as Augustus, the “higher” ruler (albeit in his own, western half of the empire). Valentinian’s seed fell on fertile ground. It was adopted by other rulers and associates of his and Theodosius’ dynasty, who rushed to appoint young descendants as Augusti. Valentinian’s younger son, Gratian’s half-brother and Valens’ nephew Valentinian II, can be considered the prototype of the late antique child emperor. His reign combined all the negative features of this model of government. The trend established by Gratian and Valentinian II continued for some time in both halves of the empire. Despite the fact that the appearance of child emperors in the fifth century seemed much more common than a century earlier, late antique writers remained reserved about it. Otroški ali mladoletni vladarji v starem veku niso bili redkost. Najdemo jih v skoraj vseh starodavnih kulturah. Razmere v Rimu so bile v tem pogledu drugačne. Odločilni korak pri “udomačevanju izjeme” je naredil Valentinijan I., ustanovitelj ene kratkotrajnih rimskih dinastij. Leta 367 je svojega osemletnega sina Gracijana takoj imenoval za avgusta, “višjega” vladarja (čeprav le v svoji, zahodni polovici cesarstva). Valentinijanov recept je padel na plodna tla. Prevzeli so ga drugi vladarji in sopotniki njegove in Teodozijeve dinastije, ki so kot za stavo imenovali otroške potomce za avguste. Valentinijanov mlajši sin, Gracijanov polbrat in Valensov nečak Valentinijan II., lahko velja za prototip poznoantičnega otroškega cesarja. Njegova vladavina je združevala vse negativne značilnosti tega modela vladanja. Trend, ki sta ga vzpostavila Gracijan in Valentinijan II., se je nekaj časa nadaljeval v obeh polovicah cesarstva. Čeprav je bil pojav otroških cesarjev v 5. stoletju zato običajnejši kot stoletje prej, so poznoantični pisci ostali do njega zadržani. monarchs Rome child monarchs dynastic legitimacy succession 4th cent. vladarji Rim otroci vladarji dinastična legitimnost nasledstvo 4.st. true false true Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2026-07-03 03:09:44 2026-09-25 10:03:39 2026-09-26 03:10:39 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 Ljubljana 0 Str. 11-23 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-12-11 929.731(37) 247282435 249929219 10.3986/9789612681180_01 RAZ_Maver_Ales_2025.pdf RAZ_Maver_Ales_2025.pdf 1 1518DC21FC4A8D4CFAA758BD42BD86DC 4e4a1ee4a2693fb6c5e4370b3cc427dc557d652912bff349f0bc071cb18b789f 87b57b6d-b8b7-11f1-95b8-00155d0001be https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=213446 https://doi.org/10.3986/9789612681180_01 0 948c17aa-b8b7-11f1-95b8-00155d0001be https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=213447 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0