Das Augustusnomen Karls des Großen und das karolingische Imperium
Jürgen Strothmann
The Nomen Augusti of Charlemagne and the Carolingian imperium. –The is on a first view taken from byzantine custom in this respect pure title for an emperor. But Carolingians Frankish elites it does mean more than this. regular emperor there caesar or imperator, but augustus evokes remembering Octavian-Augustus himself too. That shown by poets. key conviction lies selfconsciousness empire as one big players Mediterranean that its own part culture remembrance ancient world. themselves empire, franks especially have erected, needed name declaring role super-kings. Beside David telling cognomen second he got with his emperor, very similar David, used not instead complementary. So new Augustus, exactly 800 years after edict went out to count
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