2021
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Alessandro Galimberti, « False notizie e circolazione delle informazioni nellaStoria dell’impero dopo Marco di Erodiano », HAL-SHS : sciences de l'information, de la communication et des bibliothèques, ID : 10670/1.rzvlfr
Herodian in his work makes extensive use of fake news. In this regard, five significant cases are analyzed: the events of Tigidius Perennis and Cleander under Commodus; the story of Plautian under Septimius Severus; some minor events under Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Elagabalus. The use of fake news seems to obey at least two main functions: the control and release of information by the power; as a narrative expedient to dramatize events that sometimes has little credible outlines.