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Addenda Et Corrigenda Christian Settipani CONTINUITE GENTILICE ET CONTINUITE FAMILIALE DANS LES FAMILLES SENATORIALES ROMAINES A L’EPOQUE IMPERIALE MYTHE ET REALITE Addenda I - III (juillet 2000- octobre 2002) P & G Prosopographica et Genealogica 2002 ADDENDA I (juillet 2000 - août 2001) Introduction Un an après la publication de mon livre, il apparaît opportun de donner un premier état des compléments et des corrections que l’on peut y apporter1. Je ne dirais qu’un mot des erreurs de forme, bien trop nombreuses hélas, mais qu’il reste toujours possible d’éliminer. J’ai répertorié ici celles que j’ai relevées au hasard des lectures. En revanche, les corrections de fond s’avèrent un mal rédhibitoire. La mise à jour de nouveaux documents (et on verra que plusieurs inscriptions importantes doivent être ajoutées au dossier), la prise en compte de publications qui m’avaient échappées ou simplement une réflexion différente rendront toujours l’œuvre mouvante et inachevée. Il m’a semblé que pour garder au livre son caractère d’actualité il fallait impérativement tenir à jour des addenda. Une publication traditionnelle aurait pour conséquence que ces addenda seraient eux-mêmes rapidement rendus insuffisants voire obsolètes dans un temps très court, à peine publiés sans doute2. La meilleure solution s’impose donc naturellement : une publication en ligne avec une remise à niveau régulière que l’on trouvera, pour l’instant, sur : http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/research/prosop/addrome.doc Il est bien entendu que cet état reste provisoire et ne s’assimile pas encore à une publication formelle et que je reste à l’écoute des suggestions, critiques ou corrections que l’on voudra bien me faire, et que j’essaierai d’en tenir compte du mieux possible3. 1 Je n’évoquerai qu’à peine ici, parce que le mépriser davantage semblerait lui donner raison, le bruit diffamatoire répandu sous le manteau par une poignée de personnes persuadées, à partir d’une liste d’idées et de références communes, que j’aurai pillé la thèse et une communication inédite d’un autre chercheur. Il est évident pourtant qu’il ne suffit pas de brandir une telle liste pour prouver quelque chose. En revanche, il serait judicieux de s’inquiéter du volumineux dossier de publications, commentaires, et autre échange de lettres que j’ai accumulé ou diffusé depuis plus de vingt ans sur ces questions. L’impression qu’ont ces personnes de l’antériorité de certaines idées s’en trouverait singulièrement modifiée. Et ce ne sont pas des publications ou des communications récentes qui y changeront quelque chose. Disons simplement ici que je défie quiconque de mettre en évidence le moindre rapprochement probant entre mon livre et la thèse de ce chercheur ou de trouver la moindre trace de substance originale empruntée à cette communication (présentée 15 jours avant la mise en vente de mon livre). Ce que je peux prouver par contre, c’est que je n’ai pu feuilleter cette thèse que durant une demi-heure au plus le 7 sept. 1999, et à ce jour (juin 2001), elle est toujours inconnue à Doc-Thèse, à l’Atelier National de Reproduction des Thèses, aux presses du Septentrion, etc. Quant à la communication, dont le texte a été publié depuis, il suffira de comparer avec ce que j’ai écrit pour juger. Je fais de la généalogie par pur plaisir, et je suis, moi, connu pour cela depuis longtemps. Je n’ai aucun intérêt à piller qui que ce soit. En l’espèce, je cite très souvent ce chercheur, auquel je me suis présenté à deux reprises pour lui faire part de mes travaux, et je mentionne dûment mon rapide contact avec sa thèse (sa communication, qui n’a pu être citée dans le livre, est référencée dans ces addenda depuis août 2000 ainsi que dans un article remis en septembre 2000). Il serait vraiment dommage de poursuivre dans la confrontation. Aussi, je veux encore croire qu’il ne s’agit là que d’une maladresse d’un jeune auteur mal conseillé et que cette campagne sans fondement s’arrêtera sans qu’il soit besoin d’une réaction plus marquée. 2 Et cela est d’autant plus vrai que je suis en train de reprendre quelques questions que j’estime aujourd’hui n’avoir pas traitées au mieux. 3 Pour lors (juillet 2001), deux comptes-rendus m’ont été accessibles : M. BIERBRIER, 2001 et N. L. TAYLOR, 2001, tous deux globalement positifs. Le premier soulève quelques difficultés sur des points que j’ai de toute évidence abordés de façon trop elliptique sans donner au lecteur toutes les indications nécessaires à la bonne compréhension de mes hypothèses. Celles-ci n’en demeurent pas moins des hypothèses et peuvent évidemment © Christian SETTIPANI : 31 août 2001 2 ADDENDA I (juillet 2000 - août 2001) Corrections : p. 26 ; 134, n. 8 ; 385, n.1 ; 585 : Tritturius lire Triturrius p. 44 : s. v. Domitianus : SHA,, lire SHA, p. 55, n. 1, 2 l. av. la fin : discernées la plupart du temps discernées lire discernées la plupart du temps p. 84 : il manque la pagination p. 86 : Cosconia Gallita : lire Cosconia Gallitta p. 96, n. 6 : 1994, p. 43 lire 1994, p. 43, p. 100, s. v. M. Gavius Cornelius Cethegus, cos. 170 : Caethego lire Cethego p. 107, stemma : ORFIUS lire ORFITUS p. 113, n. 5 : Id., FOS : lire Ead., FOS p. 119, n.6, avant-dernière ligne : p. 593° lire p. 593) p. 132, §2, l. 2 : à épousé lire a épousé p. 139, l. 6 : après sa mère lire après sa mère, p. 139, l. 9 : survécut lire survécu p. 155, n. 2 : sans donner de raison, mais elle lire sans donner de raison. Elle p. 168, n. 3 : Id., ibid. : lire Ead., ibid. p. 168, n. 3 : Id., 1994 et 1995 lire Ead., 1994 et 1995 p. 173, stemma, in fine : C. 300 lire c. 300 p. 188, n. 4 : Id., ibid. lire Ead., ibid. p. 210, s. v. D. Val. Catullus, fr. arv. p. 105 : pueri patrimi lire pueri patrimi et p. 217, n. 3 : ILS, 7384 lire ILS, 7383 p. 217, n. 3 : Antonius Fulvius lire Antoninus Fulvus p. 218, n. 8 : E. Birley lire A. R. Birley p. 228, n. 4 : n’ont pas rapport lire n’ont pas de rapport p. 247, s. v. L. Volusius Saturninus, cos. 3, Tac. Ann., XIII, 30 : très lire tres p. 273, n. 3 : exilée à Pontia : lire exilée à Pontia, p. 285, n. 2 : Par ailleurs, l’origine africaine ... lire En outre, l’origine africaine p. 286, 5 l. av. la fin : ,. lire . p. 291, n. 1 : éditon lire édition p. 324, l. 14 & 15 : Correlia Hispulla lire Corellia Hispulla p. 324, l. 17 : et qu’au moment lire et au moment p. 326, n. 3 : doit être rapproché : lire doit être rapprochée p. 329, n. 11 : M. TORELLI, 1969, p. 303. lire M. TORELLI, 1969, p. 303). p. 344, stemma : pour (MARULLINA lire MARULLINA) être contestées comme telles. Le second souligne quelques défaillances évidentes : texte trop petit, explications trop lapidaires, plan complexe, lacunes dans la bibliographie. Je ne puis malheureusement qu’acquiescer. © Christian SETTIPANI : 31 août 2001 3 ADDENDA I (juillet 2000 - août 2001) p. 355, stemma : père de Volusien lire père de Trébonien Galle p. 360, n. 2 : Pour sa carrière, voir maintenant Pour l’historien ... lire Pour la carrière de l’historien ... p. 367, l. 10 : pueri et matrimi lire pueri patrimi et matrimi p. 368, n. 3 : stemma, p. 18 lire stemma, p. 43 p. 370, n. 3 : peut aussi imputé lire peut aussi être imputé p. 372, n. 3 : ... L’Empire ... p. 386, n. 8, l. 2 : leur père serait soit lire leur père serait, soit p. 386, n. 8, l. 3 : avance lire avancé p. 387, n., l. 2 (cf. la page d’addenda) : rattaché lire rattacher p. 398, l. 2 : ayant disparue lire ayant disparu p. 385, n. 9, l. 9 : pour qui, la mère lire qui considère que la mère p. 414, n. 11 : Flavii Appiones lire Flavii Apiones p. 422, l. 16 : ayant disparue lire ayant disparu p. 426 : Mathalasuentha lire Mathasuentha p. 429, l. 7 : qui écrit lire écrirait p. 433, n. 3 : K. STROBEL lire K. STROBEL, 1989 p. 433, n. 10 : P. GAWLIKOWSKI lire M. GAWLIKOWSKI p. 438, n. 2 : S. POTTER lire D. S. POTTER p. 438, n. 3 : J. SHAMP lire J. SCHAMP p. 439, n. : en été issue lire en était issue p. 439, n. 5 : Mais sources ... lire Mais les sources ... p. 439, n. 5 : d’entre elle lire d’entre elles p. 439, n. 5 : leur a été donnée lire leur a été donné p. 440, n. 8, dern. l. : Lucius Septimia lire Lucia Septimia p. 442, n. 2 : BOWERSOCK, 1969 lire BOWERSOCK, 1969b p. 448, stemma : deJudée lire de Judée p. 457, §2, l. 5 : supprimer la phrase entre crochet : 132/3[. Aussi le fait ... Berenicianus], ce qui permet p. 463, l. 7 : du patronyme lire le patronyme p. 484, n. : Aelia Herennia d’Athènes,, p. 500 : ‘cadres dirigents’ : lire ‘cadres dirigeants’ p. 501, n. 5 : p. 764.. lire p. 764. p. 504, n.2 : Vith century lire VIth century p. 505 : ont pu être consulter lire ont pu être consultés p. 505 : CIL = Corpus Inscriptionum Romanorum lire CIL = Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum p. 518 : s. v. Cantineau, pour Bél lire Bel © Christian SETTIPANI : 31 août 2001 4 ADDENDA I (juillet 2000 - août 2001) p. 538, s. v. KAJAVA, M. 1988a : 23 (1988) lire 22 (1988) p. 558, s. v. SOLIN, H. 1995 : p. 203 lire p. 210 © Christian SETTIPANI : 31 août 2001 5 ADDENDA I (juillet 2000 - août 2001) Additions : p.
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