Соотношение провинциального и столичного в мировосприятии Сидония Аполлинария
Correlation between provincial and capital in Sidonius Apollinaris’s perception of the world

Summary/Abstract: This work is devoted to the correlation between provincial and capital in the Gallo-Roman aristocrat of the fifth century Sidonius Apollinaris’s perception of the world. On the basis of a source analysis (letters and poetical works) his views on a province (Gaul) and a capital (Rome/Ravenna) are inves-tigated with the aim to reveal some peculiarities of a provincial aristocrat’s perception of an urban decline process and “agrarisation” in the ancient society. As a result of the investigation the author comes to the conclusion that at times changeable Sidonius Apollinaris’s attitude towards Gaul and Rome/Ravenna was determined by his social status, ethno territorial belonging, distinctive perception of the world and value understanding or in other words mentality. In his subjective perception of con-temporaries the urban decline process and urban infrastructure was ambiguous and first of all it was connected with a subject-eyewitness’s mental specificity.

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