ROMA’NIN GÜNAHKAR CONSUL’Ü: GAIUS FLAMINIUS

Year 2011, Volume: 51 Issue: 1, 123 - 144, 01.01.2011

Çağatay Aşkit

Abstract

Gaius Flaminius, İÖ üçüncü yüzyılın ikinci yarısında, Roma devletinin, Alpleri aşıp İtalya’yı işgal eden Kartacalı komutan Hannibal ile çetin bir mücadeleye giriştiği dönemde yaşamıştır. Arkasındaki halk desteği sayesinde devlet içinde önemli görevler üstlenmiş, siyasi yaşamda önemli bir kişi haline gelmiştir. İÖ 217 yılında Hannibal’le yaptığı savaşta yaşamını yitirmiştir. Siyasi yaşamı boyunca Roma devlet dininin temsilcileriyle sürekli bir sürtüşme içinde olmuş, onunla ilgili olarak dini kurallara uymadığı yönünde çok sayıda karar alınmıştır. Eskiçağ yazarlarından bazıları onun, dinin gereklerine önem vermediği için devleti felakete sürüklediğini aktarmışlardır. Çalışmada, C. Flaminius’un siyasi yaşamı, yapmak istedikleri ve din görevlilerinin onun hakkında verdiği olumsuz kararlar değerlendirilerek Eskiçağ kaynaklarında din düşmanı ve bir günahkâr olarak sunulmasının altında yatan nedenler ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılmıştır.

Keywords

Gaius Flaminius, Roma, Din, Siyaset, Fabius Maximus, Kehanet, Augur, Prodigium

The Sinful Consul of Rome: Gaius Flaminius

Abstract

Gaius Flaminius lived in the second half of the 3rd century BC., the period in which Roman constitution ran into a great battle with Carthaginian general Hannibal, who invaded Italy, after crossing the Alps. Owing to the support of plebeian order, Flaminius became an important actor in political life of Rome. In 217 BC. he died in the battle against Hannibal. During his political career, he rub against the priests of the Roman State religion and encountered many decisions in which he was accused by them that he disregarded the rules of religion. Some of the ancient historians depicted him as a responsible for a serious blow inflicted upon the state because of his negligence towards the gods. This study will try to expose the real causes of this literary tradition which showed Flaminius as an enemy of the state religion and a sinful man.

Keywords

Gaius Flaminius, Rome, Religion, Politics, Fabius Maximus, Divination, Augures, Prodigies

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