La nascita e lo sviluppo del nesso tryphé-decadenza nella storiografia ellenistica

In the 4th century BC Greek historiography abandons monographic genre to propose a general interpretation of history: possible interpretative key is that tryphé, excessive luxury corrupts and leads an unstoppable decadence cities, peoples states. The first theoretical elaboration tryphé-decadence nexus occurs in historiographical work Ephorus Cyme Timaeus Tauromenium. later historiography, however, concept tryphé remains most cases connected moral judgment, without becoming true criterion historical interpretation. And if this sense it has been too often interpreted by moderns, probably due influence on them exerted Roman historiography. equivalent can be considered luxuria, understood as corrupting luxury, which since 2nd would lead progressive weakening Rome historiographic production sees insistent connection between social ethics, precisely corrupt, political decadence.