The Role of Tradition for the Negotiation and Legitimisation of Imperial Rule in the Gallic and Palmyrene Empires
Level 5 - mechanism / opinion, no new human data
Level 5 by design analogy (historical analysis / narrative theory paper, not clinical CEBM).
OpenAlex W4394617557 · doi:10.1163/9789004537460_016
What was done
A qualitative historical analysis investigating how regents of the separatist Gallic and Palmyrene empires adapted established central Roman behaviors, ideals, and political institutions to justify and stabilize their authority during the third-century crisis.
What was found
The abstract reports no quantitative measurements. It qualitatively describes how separatist rulers deployed imperial traditions and experimental "invented traditions" to negotiate legitimacy with vital constituencies, including the military, regional elites, and urban populations.
Why it matters
The analysis demonstrates how breakaway regimes in the ancient Mediterranean balanced continuity and ideological innovation by repurposing established imperial norms to consolidate contested rule.
Limits
As a conceptual historical analysis, no quantitative data, empirical datasets, or systematic source methodologies (e.g., specific numismatic or epigraphic corpora) are detailed in the abstract.
Cited by
- supports During the Crisis of the Third Century, the Roman Empire fractured into three distinct competing entities.
- supports Gaul and Britain functioned as a separate breakaway empire for approximately a decade and a half during the Crisis of the Third Century.