დიმიტრი უზნაძე „ხუთ კარგ იმპერატორზე“
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2023
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა
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We have been studying Dimitri Uznadze's contribution to historical
science for a long time. This topic has not been covered in Georgian
academic literature. Therefore, we considered it beneficial to fill this
gap and study the contribution of Dimitri Uznadze to historical science.
Dimitri Uznadze's research in this field is relatively little known to the
general public. Obviously, such an indifferent attitude towards this topic
was not accidental. It clearly goes beyond purely academic frameworks
and is based on a clearly defined political agenda. We think that
it is clearly an echo of the negative attitude towards the successes of
the sovereign republic of Georgia in 1918-1921. The most fruitful period
of Dimitri Uznadze's career as a historian coincides with these years.
He was trained as historian. In 1910-1913, he passed the exams at
the Faculty of History and Philology of Kharkiv University as an external
student. Before the Soviet occupation of Georgia, he taught history at
school. His was actively involved in the process of creating the first national
school textbooks of world history.
The present paper represents another step forward in understanding
Dimitri Uznadze’s contribution to Georgian historiography. Our
aim is to find out Dimitri Uznadze's attitude towards the „five good emperors“, namely: Nerva (96-98), Trajan (98-117), Hadrian (117-138),
Antoninus Pius (138-161) and Marcus Aurelius (161-180).
We have positive evaluation of Dimitri Uznadze's approach towards
the rule of the „Five Good Emperors“. This, of course, was not
accidental and, mainly, it could be due to two circumstances. It seems
that the rule of the „five good emperors“ was very close to their political
ideal, and Dimitri Uznadze must have well understood the role of a
person in history.
It seems that Dimitri Uznadze gained considerable insight into the
governance of the „Five Good Emperors“. This, of course, is very good
and is a logical consequence of his empirical, factual, material knowledge.
Dimitri Zunadze was trying to help students to form correct and
general understanding of the rule of the „five good emperors“. At that
time, this was undoubtedly a step forward; in fact, it was the first, if
not one of the first, attempts to cover the rule of the „five good emperors“
in Georgia.
In our opinion, further perfection and refinement of the coverage
of some issues should not be excluded, for example: Hadrian's foreign
policy. If the coverage of Trajan's and Hadrian's rule more attention
had been given, but same time we have minimal information about rule
of next emperors, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.
Also, it would be desirable to include the Georgian context - Eastern
policy of the Roman emperors towards Georgia. It would be interesting
for students and would awaken their interest in history.
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კულტურის ისტორიისა და თეორიის საკითხები XXXVII, თსუ ისრაელის ცენტრი, თბილისი, 2023, გვ.: 138-169/ ISSUES OF HISTORY AND THEORY OF CULTURE XXXVII, TSU Center for Israel Studies, Tbilisi, 2023, pp.: 138-169