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Headword: Hupatoi
Adler number: upsilon,169
Translated headword: consuls
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] those administering the Romans' constitution; for when the constitution shook off slavery after the death of Tarquinius[1] it entrusted power to two generals holding an annual office; in the number of the men it kept at bay the fear of monarchy, and in the reduction of the power it created moderation in the protectors of commonwealth. For he who was now protected by bodyguards with axes and staffs, and was leading armies, being aware of his imminent change [in status], behaved moderately and democratically to those who were ruled. But if anyone used his power oppressively and arrogantly, this man could easily be stripped of his pride by the other one of the leaders, who had equal power. In this manner, therefore, the constitution, having escaped the burden of tyranny and the intemperance of democracy, elects two men as generals with full powers, naming them consuls, as some kind of guardians and advocates; the Greeks have named those u(/patoi ["supremes"] because of the eminence of their authority.[2]
At the time of Honorius[3] and Arcadius,[4] the sons of Theodosius,[5], Eutropius,[6] the chamberlain of the king, was the first eunuch to become a consul. He travelled around the city in a chariot,[7] not failing to do anything dreadful, selling publicly government offices, falsely accusing people who had power, getting rid of the leading men through exile and bringing all manner of outrageous force against the members of the senate. Nor did he even hold himself back from alliances with foreigners, as if he was hoping to take over the position of the emperor. And, wanting to arrest those who had taken refuge in churches, he gave a command ordering these people to be dragged out of the altars. Not much later, after quarreling with the emperor and fleeing to the altar himself, he was pulled away from there.
Theodosius the Small,[8] after Antiochus the praepositus was calumniated to him, relieved him of his office and appointed him among the priests, publicly revealing this, when he published a command that a eunuch could not be enrolled among the patricians.[9]
Greek Original:
Hupatoi: hoi tên tôn Rhômaiôn politeian dioikountes: aposeisamenê gar tên douleian hê politeia meta thanaton Tarkuniou duo stratêgois eniausiaian echousin archên tên exousian epetrepse: tôi men arithmôi tôn andrôn ton tês monarchias diôthoumenê phobon, tôi de sunestalmenôi tês exousias metrious tous en têi prostasiai tôn koinôn apergazomenê. ho gar nun hupo pelekesi te kai rhabdois doruphoroumenos kai stratopedôn exêgoumenos, tês met' oligon metabolês eis ennoian kathestamenos, metrion te kai dêmotikon pareichen heauton tois archomenois. ei d' ara tis bareôs te kai alazonikôs chrôito têi dunasteiai, rhaidiôs houtos hupo thaterou tôn hêgemonôn, isopalê dunamin echontos, gumnoutai tou phronêmatos. toutôi dê oun tôi tropôi tês politeias phugousês turannidos barutêta kai dêmokratias akolasian, procheirizetai prôtous stratêgous autokratoras andras duo, konsoulas autous onomasasa, hoia dê probolous kai proêgorous tinas: hous Hellênes meta tauta dia tên huperochên tês exousias hupatous prosêgoreukasi. prôtos de hupatos eunouchôn apedeichthê epi Honôriou kai Arkadiou, tôn huiôn Theodosiou, Eutropios, ho prokoitos tou basileôs. ediphrophoreito te dia tês poleôs, ouden tôn deinôn apolimpanôn, tas men archas dêmosiai pipraskôn kai tous ti dunamenous sukophantôn exoriais te tous megistanas hupoballôn kai pasan hubrin tois tês sunklêtou boulês epagôn. all' oude tês tôn barbarôn apeicheto summachias, hôs an autos elpizôn eis tên tou basileôs metabainein axian. kai tous en ekklêsiais pepheugotas sullambanein ethelôn nomon prouthêken, epitreponta kai tous ek tôn thusiastêriôn aphelkesthai. hos proskrousas tôi basilei kai kataphugôn eis to thusiastêrion ekeithen aphêirethê. Theodosios de ho mikros diablêthenta autôi Antiochon ton praipositon katheile tês timês kai dêmosieusas auton en tois hiereusi katetaxe, diataxin ekphônêsas, eunouchon en tois patrikiois mê telein.
Notes:
The entry is in three (unequal) parts, shown by Adler's three paragraphs (followed in translation here). The first and most substantial -- cf. John of Antioch fr.37 FHG, now 70 Roberto -- gives the historical background on the institution of consuls; for a modern version see Peter Derow in OCD(4) s.v. Appended is material on the eunuch consul Eutropius and on the eunuch (but not consul!) Antiochus.
[1] Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome; tau 125 (q.v.)
[2] cf. kappa 2051.
[3] Honorius (395-423 CE), first emperor of the West after the partition of the empire; DIR entry by Ralph W. Mathisen at web address 1.
[4] Arcadius (395-408 CE), first emperor of the East after the partition of the empire; DIR entry by Geoffrey S. Nathan at web address 2.
[5] Theodosius I (379-395 CE); theta 144; DIR entry by David Woods at web address 3.
[6] On Eutropius see epsilon 3777 with notes; see also epsilon 3776.
[7] From this point on (up to a)fh|re/qh), the entry is an almost verbatim repetition of epsilon 3777 (q.v.); quoted from John of Antioch fr. 189 FHG, now 283 Roberto.
[8] Theodosius II (480-450 CE); son of Arcadius; DIR entry by Geoffrey S. Nathan at web address 4.
[9] See alpha 2694; also under epsilon 3604, theta 145 (with notes 11 and 12) and pi 793.
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Keywords: biography; Christianity; chronology; constitution; definition; economics; ethics; gender and sexuality; historiography; history; law; politics; religion
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 30 July 2009@08:48:29.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 30 July 2009@09:25:24.
David Whitehead (augmented primary note) on 30 July 2009@09:45:57.
Catharine Roth (typo) on 30 July 2009@11:55:19.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 20 November 2013@09:40:48.
David Whitehead on 5 August 2014@06:29:00.
Catharine Roth (tweaked notes) on 29 November 2014@00:14:51.
David Whitehead (updated 2 refs) on 30 January 2015@05:26:46.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 17 November 2022@00:25:48.

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