The paper suggests that there are traces of political opposition in Thebes during the years of its hegemony in Greece (371-362 BCE). The analysis of a trial against Epameinondas in 369 BCE, signals this event as a political trial. Other episodes during these years demonstrate that this and other trials can be considered as examples of Schauprozess, as lately theorized by Koskenniemi. In a system where political opposition was restrained by the lack of institutional provisos, the trials were used to attack opponents, using legal means for achieving political ends.
Show trials and the opposition to Pelopidas and Epameinondas / Tufano, Salvatore. - In: STUDIA ANTIQUA ET ARCHEOLOGICA. - ISSN 2392-6031. - 1:28(2022), pp. 245-261. [10.47743/saa-2022-28-1-13]
Show trials and the opposition to Pelopidas and Epameinondas
Tufano SalvatorePrimo
2022
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The paper suggests that there are traces of political opposition in Thebes during the years of its hegemony in Greece (371-362 BCE). The analysis of a trial against Epameinondas in 369 BCE, signals this event as a political trial. Other episodes during these years demonstrate that this and other trials can be considered as examples of Schauprozess, as lately theorized by Koskenniemi. In a system where political opposition was restrained by the lack of institutional provisos, the trials were used to attack opponents, using legal means for achieving political ends.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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