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9780715637531

Eager to be Roman Greek Response to Roman Rule in Pontus and Bithynia

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  • ISBN13:

    9780715637531

  • ISBN10:

    0715637533

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-09-08
  • Publisher: Bristol Classical Pr

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Summary

Eager to be Roman is a study of how the population of Pontus and Bithynia, a Greek province in the northwestern part of Asia Minor, engaged culturally with the Roman Empire. Scholars have long presented Greek provincials as highly attached to their Hellenic background and less affected by Rome's influence than Spaniards, Gauls or Britons. More recent studies have acknowledged that some elements of Roman culture and civic life found their way into Greek communities and that members of the Greek elite obtained Roman citizen rights and posts in the imperial administration, though for purely pragmatic reasons. Drawing on a detailed investigation of literary works and epigraphic evidence, Jesper Madsen demonstrates that Greek intellectuals and members of the local elite in this province were in fact keen to identify themselves as Roman, and that imperial connections and Roman culture were prestigious in the eyes of their Greek readers and fellow-citizens.

Author Biography

Jesper Majbom Madsen is Assistant Professor at the Institute of History and Civilization, University of Southern Denmark, Odense.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
List of illustrationsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
A Governor at Workp. 11
Roman Rule in Pontus and Bithyniap. 27
The Pompeian provincialisationp. 29
The polis constitution in Pontus and Bithyniap. 34
Emperor-worship: Greek traditions and Roman influencep. 40
A question on templesp. 46
Greek autonomy and Roman rulep. 53
Greeks in the Roman Worldp. 59
Greek influence on Roman politicsp. 60
In Roman servicep. 64
Roman Greeksp. 79
Turning Roman in Pontus and Bithyniap. 83
Becoming legally Romanp. 87
Affiliation to the emperorp. 90
Roman names, status and identityp. 96
Roman identity and Greek pragmatismp. 99
Responses to Roman rulep. 103
Dio Chrysostom: a bitter patriotp. 107
L. Flavius Arrianus: a Roman authority and a nostalgic Greekp. 119
Cassius Dio: a Roman from Bithyniap. 124
Conclusionp. 127
Notesp. 135
Bibliographyp. 149
Index Locorump. 159
General Indexp. 163
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