Regionalism In Hellenistic And Roman Asia Minor

Author : Hugh Elton,Gary Reger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Conference proceedings
ISBN : UCBK:C070392760

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Regionalism in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor by Hugh Elton,Gary Reger Pdf

La notion de région a depuis fort longtemps été un concept de base de l'analyse historique du monde grec. Cependant, ce concept n'a pas toujours été clairement défini. Les contributions de ce volume n'esquivent pas la question et s'efforcent de mettre en évidence les implications de la notion selon différentes perspectives d'analyse, en prenant pour cadre de référence l'Asie Mineure hellénistique et romaine. Qu'elles examinent la culture, le monnayage ou les institutions politiques, les contributions de ce volume s'attachent à explorer les différentes facettes des identités régionales. De même, elles prennent en considération les moyens par lesquels ces identités pouvaient rester tendanciellement stables ou au contraire évoluer au fil du temps, et définissent leur type d'interaction avec les puissances hégémoniques. Parfois aussi, elles n'hésitent pas à mettre en cause l'utilité de l'approche régionale. Enfin, la question de l'"ethnicité" n'est pas négligée. Ce volume intéressera les spécialistes de l'Asie Mineure, aussi bien que tous ceux qui s'intéressent à la conceptualisation de la notion de région dans le monde méditerranéen. Regions and regionalism have been staples of historical analysis for the Greek world for a very long time. What is meant by a region, however, is not always obvious. The contributions in this volume seek to address the question of defining regions and working out the implications of regionalism along different dimensions of analysis for Asia Minor in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Looking at culture, coinage, political institutions, the papers explore different markers of regional identity, consider ways in which these identities may remain stable or change over time, review the character of the interaction between regional entities and hegemonic powers, and challenge the usefulness in some cases of regional analysis. Questions of ethnicity are also addressed. This volume will be of interest to historians working in Asia Minor and...

Author : Beate Dignas
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780191581960

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Economy of the Sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor by Beate Dignas Pdf

This original study challenges the idea that sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor were fully institutionalized within the poleis that hosted them. Examining the forms of interaction between rulers, cities, and sanctuaries, the book proposes a triangular relationship in which the rulers often acted as mediators between differing interests of city and cult. A close analysis of the epigraphical evidence illustrates that neither the Hellenistic kings nor the representatives of Roman rule appropriated the property of the gods but actively supported the functioning of the sanctuaries and their revenues. The powerful role of the sanctuaries was to a large extent based on economic features, which the sanctuaries possessed precisely because of their religious character. Nevertheless, a study of the finances of the cults reveals frequent problems concerning the upkeep of cults and a particular need to guard the privileges and property of the gods. Their situation oscillated between glut and dearth. When the harmonious identity between city and cult was disturbed, those closely attached to the cult acted on behalf of their domain.

Author : Sviatoslav Dmitriev
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195170429

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City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor by Sviatoslav Dmitriev Pdf

City Government in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor examines the social and administrative transformation of Greek society within the early Roman empire, assessing the extent to which the numerous changes in Greek cities during the imperial period ought to be attributed to Roman influence. The topic is crucial to our understanding of the foundations of Roman imperial power because Greek speakers comprised the empire's second largest population group and played a vital role in its administration, culture, and social life. This book elucidates the transformation of Greek society in this period from a local point of view, mostly through the study of local sources such as inscriptions and coins. By providing information on public activities, education, family connections, and individual careers, it shows the extent of and geographical variation in Greek provincial reaction to the changes accompanying the establishment of Roman rule. In general, new local administrative and social developments during the period were most heavily influenced by traditional pre-Roman practices, while innovations were few and of limited importance. Concentrating on the province of Asia, one of the most urbanized Greek-speaking provinces of Rome, this work demonstrates that Greek local administration remained diverse under the Romans, while at the same time local Greek nobility gradually merged with the Roman ruling class into one imperial elite. This conclusion interprets the interference of Roman authorities in local administration as a form of interaction between different segments of the imperial elite, rejecting the old explanation of such interference as a display of Roman control over subjects.

Author : Hugh Eltron,Gary Reger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Greece
ISBN : UGA:32108046572106

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Regionalism in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor by Hugh Eltron,Gary Reger Pdf

Author : Carbon Jan-Mathieu van Bremen Riet
Publisher : Ausonius Éditions
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9782356132833

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Hellenistic Karia by Carbon Jan-Mathieu van Bremen Riet Pdf

The conference on which the present volume is based took place in Oxford in the summer of 2006. It brought together linguists, archaologists, epigraphists, numismatists and historians and allowed them to exchange ideas about a period of major transition in Karian history: the fourth century and the two centuries after Alexander. This was first a period of great starapal visibility and presence, but then alsol of intense civic engagement and increased political awareness among Karian communities. The symbiotic relationship between the islands of the Dodekanese, in particular Rhodes and Kos, and the coastal regions of Karia forms another major theme. Finally, a number of papers pick up on a major recent trend in the study of Anatolian culture, namely the investigation of cross-cultural Greeak-Anatolian interactions in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages and their echoes in later periods.

Author : Sheila L. Ager,Riemer A. Faber
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442644229

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Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World by Sheila L. Ager,Riemer A. Faber Pdf

The Hellenistic period was a time of unprecedented cultural exchange. In the wake of Alexander's conquests, Greeks and Macedonians began to encounter new peoples, new ideas, and new ways of life; consequently, this era is generally considered to have been one of unmatched cosmopolitanism. For many individuals, however, the broadening of horizons brought with it an identity crisis and a sense of being adrift in a world that had undergone a radical structural change. Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World presents essays by leading international scholars who consider how the cosmopolitanism of the Hellenistic age also brought about tensions between individuals and communities, and between the small local community and the mega-community of oikoumene, or 'the inhabited earth.' With a range of social, artistic, economic, political, and literary perspectives, the contributors provide a lively exploration of the tensions and opportunities of life in the Hellenistic Mediterranean.

Author : Jordan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198887065

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Imperial Power, Provincial Government, and the Emergence of Roman Asia, 133 BCE-14 CE by Jordan Pdf

What ambitions lay behind Roman provincial governance? How did these change over time and in response to local conditions? To what extent did local agents facilitate and contribute to the creation of imperial administrative institutions? The answers to these questions shape our understanding of how the Roman empire established and maintained hegemony within its provinces. This issue of imperial hegemony is particularly acute for the period during which the political apparatus of the Roman Republic was itself in crisis and flux--precisely the period during which many provinces first came under Roman control. Imperial Power, Provincial Government, and the Emergence of Roman Asia, 133 BCE-14 CE uses a case study of the province of Asia to focus closely on the formation and evolution of the Roman empire's administrative institutions. Comparatively well-excavated, Asia's rich epigraphy lends itself to this detailed study, while the region's long history of autonomous civic diplomacy and engagement with a range of Roman actors provide vital evidence for assessing the ways in which Roman empire and hegemony affected conditions on the ground in the province. Asia's unique history, moving from allied kingdom to regularly assigned provincia to a reconquered and reorganized territory, offers an insight into the complex workings of institutional formation. From an investigation of the institutions which emerged in the province over a long first century (133 BCE-14 CE), Bradley Jordan considers the discursive power of official utterances of the Roman state, and the strategies employed by local actors to negotiate a favourable relationship with the empire.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004414365

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Regional Urban Systems in the Roman World, 150 BCE - 250 CE by Anonim Pdf

Regional Urban Systems in the Roman World offers comprehensive reconstructions of the urban systems of large parts of the Roman Empire. In accounting for region-specific urban patterns it uses a combination of diachronic and synchronic approaches.

Author : Collectif
Publisher : Ausonius Éditions
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9782356132819

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Studies in Greek epigraphy and history in honor of Stefen V. Tracy by Collectif Pdf

This collection of studies in Greek epigraphy honors the work of Stephen V. Tracy. His meticulous research on the hands of Attic letter-cutters has transformed the way we think about Greek inscriptions in Attica and beyond. The twenty-nine scholars who have contributed to this volume offer papers ranging from publication of new inscriptions and studies of others long-known to wide-ranging discussions of historical, religious, and social matters. Chronologically and geographically they cover Greece, the Aegean, and western Asia Minor from the Archaic period to the Roman Empire. What unites the work here offered to Tracy is the centrality of epigraphy to the questions addressed and conviction that careful attention to even the smallest details of the epigraphic evidence can advance our understanding of the Greek past in rich and unexpected ways.

Author : Barbara Burrell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1214 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119113591

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A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, 2 Volume Set by Barbara Burrell Pdf

A one-of-a-kind exploration of archaeological evidence from the Roman Empire between 44 BCE and 337 CE In A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, distinguished scholar and archaeologist Professor Barbara Burrell delivers an illuminating and wide-ranging discussion of peoples, institutions, and their material remains across the Roman Empire. Divided into two parts, the book begins by focusing on the “unifying factors,” institutions and processes that affected the entire empire. This ends with a chapter by Professor Greg Woolf, Ronald J. Mellor Professor of Ancient History at UCLA, which summarizes and enlarges upon the themes and contributions of the volume. Meanwhile, the second part brings out local patterns and peculiarities within the archaeological remains of the City of Rome as well as almost every province of its empire. Each chapter is written by a noted scholar whose career has focused on the subject. Chronological coverage for each chapter is formally 44 BCE to 337 CE, but since material remains are not always so closely datable, most chapters center on the first three centuries of the Common Era, plus or minus 50 years. In addition, the book is amply illustrated and includes new and little-known finds from oft-ignored provinces. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to the peoples and operations of the Roman Empire, including not just how the center affected the periphery ("Romanization") but how peripheral provinces operated on their own and among their neighbors Comprehensive explorations of local patterns within individual provinces Contributions from a diverse panel of leading scholars in the field A unique form of organization that brings out systems across the empire, such as transport across sea, rivers and roads; monetary systems; pottery and foodways; the military; construction and technology Perfect for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of archaeology and the history of the Roman Empire, A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Empire will also earn a place in the libraries of professional archaeologists in other fields, including Mayanists, medievalists, and Far Eastern scholars seeking comparanda and bibliography on other imperial structures.

Author : Naomi Carless Unwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107194175

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Caria and Crete in Antiquity by Naomi Carless Unwin Pdf

Examines what regional mythologies reveal about the social and cultural orientation and identity of Caria in antiquity.

Author : D. Graham J. Shipley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521873697

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The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese by D. Graham J. Shipley Pdf

Examines developments in the heartland of Greece after the reign of Alexander the Great, and rejects the usual pessimistic picture.

Author : Alan Cadwallader,James R. Harrison,Angela Standhartinger,L. L. Welborn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567695963

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The Village in Antiquity and the Rise of Early Christianity by Alan Cadwallader,James R. Harrison,Angela Standhartinger,L. L. Welborn Pdf

A complete geographical and thematic overview of the village in an antiquity and its role in the rise of Christianity. The volume begins with a “state-of-question” introduction by Thomas Robinson, assessing the interrelation of the village and city with the rise of early Christianity. Alan Cadwallader then articulates a methodology for future New Testament studies on this topic, employing a series of case studies to illustrate the methodological issues raised. From there contributors explore three areas of village life in different geographical areas, by means of a series of studies, written by experts in each discipline. They discuss the ancient near east (Egypt and Israel), mainland and Isthmian Greece, Asia Minor, and the Italian Peninsula. This geographic focus sheds light upon the villages associated with the biblical cities (Israel; Corinth; Galatia; Ephesus; Philippi; Thessalonica; Rome), including potential insights into the rural nature of the churches located there. A final section of thematic studies explores central issues of local village life (indigenous and imperial cults, funerary culture, and agricultural and economic life).

Author : Arjan Zuiderhoek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139477826

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The Politics of Munificence in the Roman Empire by Arjan Zuiderhoek Pdf

In the first two centuries AD, the eastern Roman provinces experienced a proliferation of elite public generosity unmatched in their previous or later history. In this study, Arjan Zuiderhoek attempts to answer the question why this should have been so. Focusing on Roman Asia Minor, he argues that the surge in elite public giving was not caused by the weak economic and financial position of the provincial cities, as has often been maintained, but by social and political developments and tensions within the Greek cities created by their integration into the Roman imperial system. As disparities of wealth and power within imperial polis society continued to widen, the exchange of gifts for honours between elite and non-elite citizens proved an excellent political mechanism for deflecting social tensions away from open conflicts towards communal celebrations of shared citizenship and the legitimation of power in the cities.

Author : Rubina Raja
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788763526067

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Urban Development and Regional Identity in the Eastern Roman Provinces, 50 BC-AD 250 by Rubina Raja Pdf

This study presents a comparative treatment of four East Roman provinces in the period 50 BC-AD 250 (Aphrodisias and Ephesos in Turkey, Athens in Greece, and Gerasa in Jordan), and it examines the instrumental factors behind regional and local urban developments. It argues that local communities were responsible for the organization and development of public space and buildings, which lends itself to an understanding of self-knowledge in these communities. Through a discussion of the interaction between architectural developments and historical and regional factors, this compelling study examines the interaction between the built environment, the social/political culture, and the urban identity in the eastern Roman Empire.